STEINBECK,HEMINGWAY,LONDON AND MORE RECENTLY KEROUAC HAVE HAD AN HUGE INFLUENCE ON MY LIFE AND HAVE BEEN A SOURCE OF INSPIRATION FOR THIS TRIP.MY YEAR 9 OLD ENGLISH TEACHER INTRODUCED ME TO STEINBECK'S THE PEARL-THE SEED WAS PLANTED AND I RAPIDLY READ EVERYTHING THE GREAT MAN WROTE.(THE TEACHER BROTHER DAMIEN ALSO TAUGHT MY FATHER AND SO IWAS CALLED PAT FOR THE REST OF THAT YEAR AND NEVER HAD THE NERVE TO CORRECT IT!!)A GEOGRAPHY PROJECT THAT YEAR ON A TRIP AROUND THE NATIONAL PARKS OF USA WAS ALSO THE GERMINATION OF THIS TRIP!!WHAT INFLUENCE GREAT TEACHERS CAN HAVE!THIS PHOTO IS DOC RICKETTS LAB ON PACIFIC GROVE -CANNERY ROW.
BEHIND THE LAB TO THE COAST SCENE OF MANY DODGY CARRYING ONS!!
DOC'S COLLECTING TANKS.
STEINBECK LIBRARY SALINAS.
THE GREAT MAN'S ASHES REST HERE IN HIS MOTHER'S FAMILY PLOT,SALINAS.
ROCINANTE II .STEINBECK'S TRAVELS WITH CHARLEY IN ROCINANTE HERE IN THE STEINBECK MUSEUM.
INSIDE ROCINANTE II.I GOT LOTS OF TIPS FROM HIS JOURNEY INCLUDING HOW WE DO OUR WASHING-READ THE BOOK!!
PRETTY MUCH SUMS UP MY LIFE!!
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