MAR 15-16

MONTEREY:  Two days of stories, celebration and send-off festivities.

Eighty-five years ago, the Western Flyer set sail for the Gulf of California with what the Monterey Peninsula Herald described as “perhaps the strangest crew ever signed aboard a local workboat”. Among them were renowned author John Steinbeck and marine biologist Ed Ricketts, embarking on the journey that would inspire the literary classic The Log from the Sea of Cortez.

Now, for the first time since 1940, this legendary vessel—newly restored—will retrace its historic route on a three-month expedition packed with science, education, and community outreach.