Looking back up at Miller from the head of the creek canyon. I avoided the canyon bottom for the entire route back, sticking initally to the ridgetop and then again following the deer paths on the canyon sidewall.

Jack English's cabin in Pine Valley. Jack had a full house today with his son's family in for the holiday weekend.

Jack English (now 86) and his son Dennis in front of Jack's workshop. Stopped to visit for an hour or so before heading back to China Camp.

Link to a Monterey County Weekly article on Jack and his Pine Valley inholding
Link to a 2001 Santa Cruz Sentinel article where Dennis comments on his family's history in California.

Rose Hips were in bloom along the Pine Valley floor along with this white budded flower. Almost had enough daylight to make it back to China Camp, but needed to break out the headlamp for the last half mile or so.