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Day 24 of the Tour

7:00 PM – Barnes & Noble 7777 Edinger Ave. Huntington Beach, CA 92647!

Sorry it’s been a few days since the last entry. The other times there was a gap, we couldn’t get out on the internet. Don’t ask me to explain the problem, that would be Jonathon’s department. This gap was because we were just worn out, or down, or sideways. As much as we enjoy meeting everybody, the travel is a bear. But enough of that, back to the signing. Another large group. About 250. I’m still amazed that this many people will stand in line for this long just to get a book signed, by me. It’s not humility. It’s the fact that I wouldn’t stand in line for hours for anyone else’s autograph. Jonathon and I had the chance to get Dr. Jane Goodall’s autograph. She is one of my childhood heroes. The main reason that it ocurred to me that a girl could be a wildlife bioliogist. It is the only job that has ever come close to luring me away from writing as my profession. But Dr. Jane’s line was a two and a half hour line. Jonathon and I have gotten pretty good at judging how long a line is going to last, if we can see it from enough of a distance. It was like 10:00 at night, and we had to get up in time to get the munchin off to school the next day. No, she wasn’t with us, she was safely in bed at her father’s house. Our friend, Richard, no relation to anyone in the books, was with us. We had heard what we most wanted, which was Dr. Jane speaking. I highly recommend it. It was up lifting, informative, and you had the extra benefit of knowing you are listening to a living legend. I do not use the word lightly. We had her words on paper, and we had heard her speak, it was enough. So to all of you who stood in line for so long, my hat is off. A better man than I, Gunga Dhin.