John Steinbeck Adventure 2017

Jan 1

To get the new year off to a great start, The Hobart Shakespeareans spent a week on a California Adventure.

The students read five novels by Steinbeck, including The Pearl, Of Mice and Men, Cannery Row, Travels with Charley, and The Grapes of Wrath. Individually, the kids read Cup of Gold, Tortilla Flat, Once There Was A War, and East of Eden.

Having fun on Cannery Row and searching for Mack and the Boys

Ed Pickett's Lab on Cannery Row

Inside the National Steinbeck Center, Salinas

Staying Warm at the Elephant Seal Rookery

Meeting New Friends on Moonstone Beach

The view from our Carmel home

At the Steinbeck Center: The Grapes of Wrath

Reading is our life: Travels With Charley session after dinner in our Carmel home

California Dreaming': Hanging Out on the 17-Mile Drive, Monterey

Neptune Pool, Hearst Castle

Karen touches a crab at the Monterey Bay Aquarium

Angie conducting business at the original Lee Chong counter, Cannery Row

Life is more than test scores: The Lone Cypress, 17-Mile Drive

Goodbye, and thanks for all the fish!

After a day at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, relaxing at home in Carmel

At the Steinbeck Center, with Rocinante

Spanish Bay, Monterey

Honoring John Steinbeck, Cannery Row

“We don't take a trip. A trip takes us.” - John Steinbeck

Searching for Seals and Sea Lions, Monterey

Working with the National Park Service, Channel Islands National Park

Making dinner in our home on the Carmel Coast

Having watched Citizen Kane, the group toured Hearst Castle. At the National Steinbeck Center, the docents were astonished by the knowledge and decorum of the kids. Cannery Row, Doc's Lab, the 17-Mile Drive, and Channel Islands National Park were all stops along the way as the Hobart Shakespeareans began 2017.

Thanks to all our friends who make such adventures possible.

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