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By Andomeda Romano-Lax
Among the two dozen tidepooling stations they visited in the Sea of Cortez, Pulmo Reef was among John Steinbeck's and Ed Ricketts's favorites. They anchored a mile away and then rowed to the reef, which is really a series of eight hard coral fingers scattered throughout the sparkling, sand-bottomed bay. As the tide went down, parts of the reef's flat pockmarked surface were gradually exposed, allowing them to walk on its encrusted surface, filling their collecting buckets and tubes and jars. |
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Andomeda Romano-Lax
Searching for Steinbeck's Sea of Cortez
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2002 • PAPER • 254 PAGES
Romano-Lax retraces Steinbeck's memorable 1940s voyage in this homage, travelogue and nice piece of literary detective work. She's also the author of Adventure Kayaking Baja - and several guidebooks about Alaska, which is where she lives when she's not underwater in Baja California. (BJA33, $16.95)
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