Collin Jacobs is climbing the ladder of success at a large coal-mining company, EcoSource, based in New York City, when his father, the President and CEO of the company, asks him to travel to Mentone, Alabama, a tiny town in the foothills of north Alabama, to acquire a site for the company.

The land, formerly an old farm known as the Hawkins Place, lies adjacent to Camp Riverview, a camp for handicapped people run by Tommy Owen. Collin is immediately taken by the beauty and serenity of the mountainous region and the odd charm of Mentone's natives, but his interest is aroused when he collides with the feisty Tommy.