The men walked along the rows of artichokes, following long, straight, ribbons of green that stretched out to the horizon as far as the eye could see. Moving toward the big mobile processing trucks parked on the road that marked the boundary of the field, they harvested artichokes without stopping. As they walked, in one…
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The Salinas Valley in northern California runs for about 100 miles from Salinas in the north toward King City in the south of Monterey County and beyond. To the east are the Gabilan Mountains, while the Santa Lucia Mountains are on the west. Writer John Steinbeck was born in Salinas in 1902, knew the valley…
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Decades after ‘The Grapes of Wrath,’ Salinas Valley, Calif., still celebrates the author and the valley’s agricultural abundance SALINAS, Calif. – The faces might be browner, the language might be different and the clothing is probably more colorful. But the bent backs and weary expressions found in the agricultural fields around Salinas, Calif., still evoke…
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If you’re seeking a spiritual experience, this is the place where you’re likely to find one. Eerie jagged spires, Stonehenge-like monoliths, implausibly round boulders and otherworldly caves are just a sampling of the colossal formations at America’s newest national park. And it’s one of the few places to glimpse the endangered California condor, the spectacular…
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