Desert Maiden

An advertising agency executive travels to the desert to seek out a legend, but discovers the truth about himself instead.

At a gas station in the desert, a man who works in advertising runs into someone he knew from college. This meeting gets him interested in a Native American story about a spirit that lives in the desert. When he thinks about this legend, he starts to wonder if his life with his rich but sad wife is too shallow.

In a desert gas station, an advertising executive's chance encounter with a college acquaintance arouses his curiosity about an Indian legend of a desert spirit. As he ponders the legend, he begins to question the superficial life he leads with his wealthy but unhappy wife.