Fay Risner has brought Stringbean Hooper to life again with this second story in the Stringbean Series. She hopes her readers will enjoy Stringbean and Theo's trip to California.
Looking forward to a journey across country to San Jose, California, Stringbean Hooper and his wife, Theo, have no idea just how much trouble they can get into. Theo considers this trip their honeymoon and a chance to be at the wedding of her brother, Brock. Stringbean has been in one place too long. His itchy feet have him eager to see country he hasn't seen before.
Stringbean gets them lost in Indian territory and upsets the Indians. The couple escape a flood, a mad bear, spend the night in a run down cabin with a woman crazy with prairie fever and more. Through it all, Stringbean meets the challenges with his usual sense of humor, but he notices as the journey drags on that Theo is getting crankier by the minute. He sure hopes she lightens up by the time they get to her brother's wedding in San Jose. It didn't help him any to have warning advice freely handed out to Theo, known as Small Feet, by the Indian shaman, Matilda Vinci. The old woman warned Theo to be careful while traveling with Stringbean who the Sioux named Walking Dead. Matilda said he might get Theo killed.