Santiago
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Western Flyer from "Log from the Sea of Cortez" flies again.
Feel good story here.
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AKgringo
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That link doesn't work for me.
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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Try:
latimes.com/california/story/2023-11-03/the-quest-to-return-john-steinbeck-sardine-boat-to-monterey
Great stuff.
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An excellent feel good story indeed. So many grand old wooden boats meet less fortunate fates. Alaska has many. However some fall into the hands of
passionate owners to be restored and maintained in Bristol condition. I have a friend in Ketchikan who has a 38 foot Monterey built fishing boat of
similar vintage as western flyer. Not a day passes without some kind of work being done. Thanks for a great post.
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StuckSucks
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Ahhh ... redundancy.
A $7-million dream: Steinbeck’s vintage sardine boat makes its modern debut
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bill erhardt
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Santiago.....Great story. Made my day.
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Marc
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I am from Northern California and Steinbeck country. His stories (Cannery Row, East of Eden, Of Mice and Men, Tortilla Flat,The Red Pony, The Pearl,
are set in the Monterey and King City area are familiar to me. As a child my family would visit friends in Monterey and Seaside. That is how I
remember it in the 1940’s. A working town and not the tourist trap it is today.
I read The Log From The sea of Cortez while sitting on the beach at Santispac in 1994. Reading his accounts going north from Cabo I could visualize
most of what he wrote. The book was great. I may read it again.
Exercise regularly. Eat sensibly. Die anyway.
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KurtG
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Quote: Originally posted by Marc  | I am from Northern California and Steinbeck country. His stories (Cannery Row, East of Eden, Of Mice and Men, Tortilla Flat,The Red Pony, The Pearl,
are set in the Monterey and King City area are familiar to me. As a child my family would visit friends in Monterey and Seaside. That is how I
remember it in the 1940’s. A working town and not the tourist trap it is today.
I read The Log From The sea of Cortez while sitting on the beach at Santispac in 1994. Reading his accounts going north from Cabo I could visualize
most of what he wrote. The book was great. I may read it again. |
For another perspective read "With Steinbeck In The Sea Of Cortez" by Sparky Enea. A fun read
I arrived in Monterey in 1962 when it was transitioning from a working class town to mostly tourism. There were still two canneries working but the
Row had stated to develop. I was 18 and had just escaped from Northern Minnesota and thought I had found paradise.
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