Patrick Frey rides his motorcycle on East Carmel Valley Road after a day of teaching at Everett Alvarez High School in Salinas, Calif. It’s about an hour’s ride to Frey’s 10-acre farm through the hills and passes that Steinbeck writes about in “The Pastures of Heaven.” See full story(Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)
Patrick Frey took command of the California Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion of the 184th Infantry Regiment in 2004 and led more than 700 soldiers into combat in Baghdad. See full story(Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)
Frey leads his students at Everett Alvarez High School in Salinas, Calif., with the same enthusiasm he showed for his troops in Iraq. See full story(Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)
One of Frey’s two donkeys nuzzles him as he works on a deck at his home in the hills east of Carmel Valley. See full story(Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)
Frey is about to close up the barn for the night on his farm east of Carmel Valley. See full story(Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)
