things seen while driving from monterey to sacramento

fields tilled with such rich dark soil it looked like moist & yummy chocolate cake

an older man driving an older model chrysler with a brier clenched between his teeth

hills roiling with cows lambs & goats

the cars of mexican farm workers parked in long lines beside the toiled fields

the pacific ocean large powerful & indifferent

& finally before we left the sea otters in the kelp feeding & at play