Special to the Press-Citizen

While visiting John Steinbeck’s museum in Salinas, California, I stumbled upon the camper he used during his travels through the U.S. I was stunned. Steinbeck named the camper Rocinante, in honor of the horse of Don Quixote, the questing knight created by Miguel de Cervantes in the early 17th century. More importantly, Steinbeck journeyed through America with his poodle Charley, traveling almost 10,000 miles. He described his experiences in Travels with Charley: In Search of America, published in 1962, the year he was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature.

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