Trip Review: Pine Valley / Church Creek Lollipop Loop

It feels a bit like I am beating a dead horse here, but I first came across descriptions of Pine Valley, Pine Falls, and Church Creek Valley through the <a href="https://pantilat.wordpress.com/2015/05/14/church-creek-pine-valley/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">writings of Leor Pantilat</a>. Like many of the diverse microcosms of Big Sur and the Ventana Wilderness, the watersheds that drain the west side of Tassajara Road (which lies along the east-edge of the region), seemed to offer a tantalizingly unique mix of features including stands of ponderosa pines, sandstone monoliths, historic cabins, ancient ranches, gorgeous wildflower displays, pristine waterfalls and secret caves. That such places remain so seemingly unknown is a wonder in and of itself. <a href="https://david-w-yocom.medium.com/pine-valley-church-creek-lollipop-60cf57cd2bed">Website</a>