WE DROVE UO AND STAYED IN THE BEAUTIFUL CARMEL VALLEY WITH ITS RANCHES,ORGANIC FARMS AND VINEYARDS.
THEN OVER TO THE SALINAS VALLEY WHERE STEINBECK GREW UP AND SO MANY OF HIS NOVELS ARE SET HERE.IT IS WALL TO WALL INTENSE AGRICULTURE.SPRAYING BY HELICOPTER IT SMELLS LIKE A HERBICIDE FACTORY.
THREE-QUARTERS OF US LETTUCES ARE GROWN HERE.
ARTICHOKES,STRAWBERRIES AND BROCOLLI CAPITAL OF THE US.
OLD SALINAS SPANISH MISSION.
MONTEREY COAST WHERE THE LAST SARDINE WAS TAKEN IN 1964.ED RICKETTS MADE HIS LIVING COLLECTING SPECIMENS FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES ALL OVER THE STATES.
THE SARDINES ARE GONE BUT THE HARBOUR SEALS ARE IN PLAGUE NUMBERS. FISHERMAN'S WHARF MONTEREY.
ONE OF THE FEW CAMPER FRIENDLY CALIFORNIAN WALMARTS-SACREMENTO.
OMN MY LAST VISIT TO SAN FRANCISCO I NEVER HAD TIME TO GO TO ALCATRAZ.THIS VISIT WE FIND OUT THAT THE TOURS WERE BOOKED 5 DAYS AHEAD. MADE IT TO SAN QUENTIN AND HERE FOLSOM INSTEAD.
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