For all you Steinbeck fans, be sure to check out the restored
Western Flyer while you are at Moss Landing. The
Western Flyer is the boat that John Steinbeck and Ed Ricketts took from Monterey to the Gulf of California in 1940. One of Steinbeck's most loved books was written about this trip...
The Log from the Sea of Cortez. The boat was found sunk in Washington State, and restored at the Pt. Townsend ship yards. Here it is in Newport, OR, on it's way to its new home in Monterey.
It is at Moss Landing only temporarily to have some work completed.
Western Flyer Foundation
My favorite line from the book...
"It is advisable to look from the tide pool to the stars and then back to the tide pool again."