Well BB/N's
It was great fun meeting all the gals (Sue/Carolyn/Tracey/Debbie/Ruth/Bw/Dan) and the authors.
Edith and I decided to take the trip down to TTP. I love the Bookstore it is such a quaint, charming and country-ish store.
We left at about 5:45 am and arrived in Boonesboro about 10-10:15 am; great driving, good directions and Edith's excellent driving skills. We were not sure where to park so Edith ran in to inquire from BW where; he said okay to park in front. We then stop in the bookstore and finally took a small walking tour of the town and grabbed something to eat in Crawfords next store which is a small country general store like in the 1950's late ice cream/soda pop hang out.
We met Ruth, Dan, & BW; it was nice to put names and faces
together.
We finally went in for the signing, and it was so nicely setup in a wide u-shape in Dan's living room. Ruth Langan/Pat Gaffney/Linda Lael Miller/Donna Kauffman were all nice and so were the other authors I am not familiar with.
We did get our books and had them signed and were waiting out front we heard Sue/Carolyn/Tracey were also coming. So Sue came in first followed awhile later by Carolyn and Tracey . We were talking to Sue and I said here comes Carolyn and Tracey. She head-locked Tracey and we all introduced each other and sat talking and getting acquainted. It was great.
After the signing we all, including Ruth, went to Crawford's next door to eat a late lunch, sit and gab, and all get to know each other. We ordered were waiting for the check only to learn you go to the register and tell them what you ordered and pay them.
We then visited Ruth's apartment and it was very nice also we met Ruth's two pets, a dog and cat. The dog's name was Biscuit and cat's escapes me (duh) LOL.
We finally said our good bye's (hated too was having such a wonderful time) and it started to rain. So Carolyn and Tracey could not put her Mustang convertible the top down they were so looking forward to that. Nice car WOW Hot dang beautiful car.
Edith and I were off and it took us 6-6 1/2 hrs to get home between the Baltimore traffic and the lousy weather ugh. Poor Edith had to drive in that but she is an excellent driver.
We did get home safely.
But all in all it was worth it to finally get to meet some of the BBN'S and of course Nora and HID.
Arlene
If I am not online, I am reading one of Nora's books.
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