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Article: Rural ramblings in Carmel Valley. (California)
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- October 1, 1994
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Head upriver from Carmel, and leave the fog and crowds behind
IN CANNERY ROW, JOHN Steinbeck described Carmel Valley in the early 1940s. "In Carmel Valley the artichoke plants stood gray green, and the willows were lush along the river.... The farms of the rich little valley back up to the river and take its water for the orchards and the vegetables. The quail call beside it and the wild doves come whistling in at dusk."
Steinbeck's description of a rural haven is still apt. A population of 6,398 is thinly scattered over the big, steep-sided valley that lies just south of the more famous Monterey Peninsula. There are only two stoplights on Carmel Valley Road, ...