Drove yesterday from Pismo Beach, where we woke up  to a foggy chill, to Bakersfield, where the temperature mid-afternoon was 107 degrees. Every rare rustle of breeze felt like a furnace. You could just melt on the asphalt if you stood in one place too long.

But I’ve gotten ahead of myself.  The first stop for bookstores this day was in San Luis Obispo where we found The Parable and made some new friends. I was thrilled to find that everyone had read The Moon in the Mango Tree and said they loved it!  Readers, you can’t imagine what that means to an author. We took a picture in front of the store–and gang, people like you are why traveling around the country bookstore to bookstore is really so much fun! Also visited Barnes & Noble, Borders, and a neat little independent store called Book Lovers. [...]

Check out the full post and photos from the trip on Pamela's blog!