Recalculating Route: and Detour on Route 66

Traveling companions. That's how it began. He was at loose ends after retiring from a successful business and a string of unsuccessful marriages. She was a widow, alone after a long and happy marriage, struggling to rebuild around the hole in the center of her life. All they had in common were empty days to fill and an urge to travel the open road. Serendipity brought them together on their journey, but every journey has to end. What happens when they reach the end of the road?