Ill-fated strangers, David and Marti, turn their backs to their lives and take to the road on a quest to cross-off off her dying wish: to see the Pacific Ocean. Pacific snapshots their journey from an AIDS support group in Minnesota, through the Black Hills, past Devil''s Tower, over the painted mountains of Idaho and onward to Cannon Beach. Along the way, they discover the life still clinging to their bones and the unexpected love they have sown each day they near the Pacific.