Ryan Todd

When Social Services begins to doubt an elderly widow's ability to care for her grandson, Jared, she takes him on the road to avoid losing custody.

As a whole nation awaits the Apollo XI mission to the moon, Washington and his son undertake a fantastic journey of their own. Their goal: to match the mileage from the Earth to the moon in Washington's 1949 Pontiac Chief, which has an odometer reading just 1,800 miles short of the distance. If Washington's calculations are correct, they will arrive just as the astronauts land on the moon.