These are photos of Mr. Steinbeck's resting place in Salinas,California (the flowers in the bunch with the yellow ribbon around them are from me); the Pacific Ocean from Monterey, California; and the Great Mr. Steinbeck's camper truck, Rocinante (named after Don Quixote's horse), which made the trip around the United States with him. That trip was immortalized in his non-fiction work "Travels with Charley: In Search of America". This happens to be one of my all-time faves of his.
Check out the inside of the truck. I think it is so cool he slept there as he and his dog drove all around the entire Continental United States.
Enjoy!
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Polla Filia,
J.F.
I love the photos of Steinbeck's truck camper. Thanks for posting these. I had no idea that's how he traveled. He's one of my favorite authors and I think I've read all of his books.
ReplyDeleteI found your blog by doing a search for truck camper on Twitter. My husband and I launched a fledgling blog geared to truck camper enthusiasts a couple of weeks ago. I'm a writer and journalist, my husband dabbles in writing once in a while. We're hoping to generate enough of a following on the site to convert it to an online magazine eventually.
If you want, you can check it out at http://tcroadtrip.wordpress.com/. Our Twitter ID is RoadTripBlogger. I have been on Twitter for about a year, but this ID is a new one created for the blog site and doesn't have many tweets, yet.
Thanks, again, for the photos. Best of luck with your book project!
Deborah Johnson Wood
Thanks for the comment. I'll look y'all up.
ReplyDeleteGood luck to you, too.
Best,
J.F.