On the outkskirts of Salinas, John 'Steinbeck's home town, a mural of a roadside service station annouces "Grapes of Wrath."

This is a stop worth making, so see this gray-tone "bill board" -- with John the only color in it.

Geese on a water tower on the old Laguna Seca Ranch, off the Monterey-Salinas Highway 68.

This old Mail Pouch water tower off Highway 101 near Gilroy won't be around to admire much longer.