Cree Elders Evie and Cecil are celebrating their thirty-fifth wedding anniversary. As a gift, their grown children have sent them on a second honeymoon to a fabulous resort on the Caribbean coast of Mexico. only neither of them has ever been out of the country, let alone off their Cree reserve in northern Saskatchewan (well, Cecil did go to Montana that one time). Each reacts to the new experience in different ways, but Cecil seems particularly challenged. Despite the sun, sand, and sea sparkling right outside his hotel-room window, all he seems to want to do is sit alone on the couch, idly flipping TV channels, curtains pulled tight. What's he worried about? Is there more to this trip than he has been told? Memories from a lifetime together revisit the couple as they acclimatize to the pleasures of Mexico - and spicy food. Mixed up in all the fun is their hotel housekeeper, Manuela. As they bond with this courteous young local, they help her navigate the troublesome situation in which she finds herself.