#1 California

Steinbeck’s childhood home, Salinas, CaliforniaPhoto Credit: Teena Starchman

Steinbeck’s childhood home, Salinas, California

Photo Credit: Teena Starchman



Due to Covid-19 I had to cut my trip short. I plan on completing the trip as soon as I can. In the meantime, you can hear all about where I’ve been and where I plan on going on my podcast.

February 25th to March 2nd, 2020, June 27th to 28th

Mariposa, San Francisco, Salinas, Pacific Grove, Big Sur, San Luis Obispo, Miranda, Berkeley, San Francisco



“Why don't you go on west to California? There's work there, and it never gets cold. Why, you can reach out anywhere and pick an orange. Why, there's always some kind of crop to work in. Why don't you go there?” - from the Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck



Read about my first stop at the Pacific Grove house where John Steinbeck wrote The Log from the Sea of Cortez in 1940. CLICK HERE

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