"Doc" Ed Ricketts was a marine biologist friend of legendary writer John Steinbeck from around Salinas and Monterey California. Doc is one of the heros in Steinbeck's books, Cannery Row and Sweet Thursday. The two men co-authored a book called The log from the Sea of Cortez, an account of a trip they took down along the coast of Baja Mexico.Ed doesn't really have anything to do with Ricketts, Iowa- but the rest of this website does! If you grew up in Ricketts, be sure to plan on coming to our annual reunion, the third Saturday in July. If you have memories or pictures of Ricketts to share, email them to our webmaster:
ted.mallory -at- gmail.com
If you have other funny, kitsch, or corny "Not the same Ricketts" ideas, send them too. Help put Ricketts on the map!
By the way, in Monterey, they don't call it "Monterey Jack Cheese." They just call it "Jack Cheese." Not that it matters. Here's a pretty picture of undersea life at the Ricketts Point Marine Sanctuary on the coast of California.
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