"If So Carried by the Wind" takes place in idyllic Paso Robles, California, on the central coast, and is the story of Hal Chase, the last unknown beatnik. I didn't think people like Hal lived anymore, but when you lifted the veil on the golden hills surrounding his family of nine, you were let into a world that time had forgot, with its own rules of conduct and manners. I was there working on my mentor's book, a relic in his own right, hiding in the foggy mists of the Summer of Love, but neither of us were ready for the beauty or challenges of Hal's tribe. America was never the same to me.