When I was a kid the long drives from Monterey to Bakersfield were punctuated by oil derricks in Paso Robles and further south. Today the drive’s backdrop is undulating agriculture. If you hit it right in the spring the highway will be coated in the white blossoms from almonds. If you hit it right in the winter an entire landscape of vines is shifting f…
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