The Robertson and Sokoloff Grapevine Trail

Submitted: 29th June 2026

The Robertson and Sokoloff Grapevine Trail

Publication Day!

Craig and Alex at the start of their journey (c) Robertson and Sokoloff

The Grapevine book locations

This book’s writing journey sometimes felt as long and torturous as the drive through the Grapevine pass. There were a thousand arguments, a few hundred heated debates, and at least four “why don’t you just write the f’n book”s. But on publication day they’d faded like morning mist on the Californian coast and the sun was shining. Seeing the book live in the wild and all over social media was joyous. Thanks to everyone who made this happen.

Alex Big Sur (c) Robertson and Sokoloff

Alex began the celebrations by making a California, road-life, soul connection with Madeleine, the store manager at Flying Flags RV Park, the upscale site we were staying at on Avila Beach. It resulted in Madeleine calling her manager to order books for the site and promising to “sell the hell out of them” to her customers.

The Grapevine book locations

Avila Beach (c) Robertson and Sokoloff

After that, we did a big round of social media, said goodbye to Boris and set out on a two and a half hour, 150-mile drive to our next stop, a scheduled book signing at Lynnette Smick’s fabulous witchy bookstore Untamed Fire in Sand City.

The Grapevine book locations

Untamed Fire (c) Robertson and Sokoloff

The Grapevine book locations

Halfway there, ploughing our way up the 101, an email from our film manager threatened to change our plans. She wanted to know if we were still in town (ie Los Angeles) and available for a meeting with a TV producer. The thought of turning the RV around and doing all that drive again was not exactly appealing, but the meeting definitely was. We hastily made plans to ask someone if they knew the way to San Jose and fly from there to LA and back the same day. After a round of emails, better sense prevailed and a zoom meeting was planned instead. Exciting!

Capitola Beach (c) Robertson and Sokoloff

The Grapevine book locations

Staying on plan meant we could hit our signing at Untamed Fire, which is everything a California metaphysical story should be. After a great chat with Lynnette and her customers (one very experienced RVer who had some excellent pro tips!), we floated out on the good vibes and got back on the road, driving another hour on the coast road to Santa Cruz, our final stop of the day at Pleasure Point RV Park.

Craig redwoods (c) Robertson and Sokoloff

The Grapevine book locations

We hooked up, called an Uber and headed to Capitola Beach to celebrate publication day with food and fizz at an outside table looking over the ocean and a handful of kids surfing a sand hill on the beach. After that – and proving that one margarita isn’t enough and two is too many – sleep came easy