Last Sunday a group of Kossacks including MB, Navajo, Citisven, Norm, Glen the Plumber, Remembrance, catilinus and myself mad a trip down to Watsonville in the Pajaro Valley to visit agricultural workers where they live. This is my personal take on the day.
The Pajaro Valley is a fertile and vibrant stretch of land, nestled between Monterey Bay and the Santa Cruz mountains on the central coast of California. It's location and climate make it a favorable location for growing strawberries, apples and other acgricultural products.
Pajaro means bird in Spanish and you can actually feel yourself soar like a bird as you take in the valley, the mountans and all the scenery. To the north are the towns and cities in Santa Cruz, both an affluentt and a liberal enclave at the same time. To the south lays the wealthy and pictueresque communities of Monterey, Pacific Grove and Carmel and if you keep goiing south, Big Sur.
The Pajaro River bisects the valley, and also serves as the dividing line Santa Cruz and Monterey counties.
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