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Whether one takes Interstate 5 until the turn to the coast or Highway 1 along the ocean, there is plenty to see on the road from Orange County to Monterey.The interstate is faster, cutting through mountainous ranches, irrigated valleys of fruit and nut trees, vineyards, and acres of vegetables….
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This is Cannery Row made famous by author John Steinbeck who wrote the Grapes or Rath and Of Mice and Men among many other classic books.
Monterey County lies in the central coast of California. These are the lands in which John Steinbeck set his novel, The Pastures of Heaven. Learn more at www.nature.org … nature conservancy tnc conservation environment green habitat science monterey california coast john steinbeck
California’s cities are each famous for one unique thing: Los Angeles has Hollywood, San Diego has surfing, San Francisco has hippies and Monterey has – cheese? The city of Monterey, located along the Pacific Coast’s Monterey Bay in Central California, has long been known around the world as the home of Monterey Jack cheese. However, Monterey boasts a rich history, with its past residents including the likes of Henry Miller and John Steinbeck, whose novel “Cannery Row” was set in the city. In fact, Monterey offers the visitor many attractions – not just cheese!
Monterey County, the vacationing family will find everything that was dreamt of, and planned out, before the vacation even began! Monterey County is a vibrant and eclectic, sun-filled location, that includes hillside vineyards, and fantastic giant redwoods, almost to the water’s edge! This is what makes central California such a fantastic place for every member of the traveling group as the sea-lovers will have their fill with the wonderful Pacific Ocean, while the greener, more forest-types, always have Big Sur to tromp around in! For the golf lover, there is, one of the most elite golfing locales in the entire world. Pebble Beach. If fine wines and five-star restaurants are listed as must do’s and eats, then it is Monterey California, and only Monterey California for the best in both of those finer art of living endeavors. A trip to Monterey California will shows the best of what California has to offer, and will remind one. Why California is one of the greatest state in the world!
Attention all tourism promoters: If you want your destination put “on the map” for all future generations, just go out and hire an author with the talent, let’s say, of John Steinbeck, and have that writer publish a piece of literary art that just happens to have your location as a backdrop.
One doubts whether tourism was on anyone’s mind when Steinbeck came out in the mid-1940’s with his famous fictional classic, “Cannery Row,” but that novel ultimately had the effect of turning the Monterey Peninsula into one of California’s most visited destinations.