Today's post brought to you by the Road Warriors... Our title comes from Steinback's novel about the San Joaquin valley, as we drove most of the length of it today. I have to say that I don't understand why people want to live in California. It's dirty, dusty, the people are not friendly, plus it's expensive. The predominant color is light, golden brown and the only farming areas are so because of irrigation. In fact, there is apparently a water issue now, as we passed many signs accusing Congress of creating a Dust Bowl.
If the sky happens to be blue above the brown, it can be pretty, but much of the time the views are clouded by fog, smog, dust or fire smoke. Today we drove through a lot of empty spaces (think Montana only hazy) and ended up in the middle of the Mojave, kimosabe, at Barstow.
Hence, East of Eden - outside of paradise...
Oh, one other thing. We left Napa at 65 degrees and got to Barstow where it's 100...but it's a dry heat.
I thought the same thing about Cali when I visited. Too much brown. Give me the tall green NC pines any day!
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