Friday, October 31, 2014

The National Steinbeck Center

 Wednesday Judy and I took a short trip over to Salinas to visit the National Steinbeck Center. Actually, the area around Monterey is known as “Steinbeck Country”.  I had a nice time viewing the displays at the center and learning more about one of America’s greatest authors. While I have not read all 23 of Steinbeck’s novels, I have read many.

steinbeck portrat    steinbeck home 1

Steinbeck novels       C3MHTE

Steinbeck Center displaySteinbeckCenter_KidsInteractive    steinbeck cannery row      

steinbeck travels with charlie2   John Steinbeck was a RV pioneer!

Judy and I left early enough to visit “Cannery Row” and Fishermen’s Wharf where Judy bought some fresh shrimp for dinner. She used a recipe she found on FB and it was one of the best shrimp dishes we have ever had.

That is all for now. Thanks for stopping by.

Next Blog: this weekend

2 comments:

  1. I'm sure you've read it already, but if you haven't I highly recommend "Travels With Charley." It's Steinbeck's story of his cross country trip in that pickup camper you photographed. Like you said, he was an RV pioneer.

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  2. So glad you guys are getting to tour around my town :) I finished my high school senior year at Salinas High, so did Steinbeck. Of course we graduated at different times :) Nice picture of the Lone Cypress up there!

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