A steep bicycle trek to Little Pine in Santa Ynez Valley, California
Posted by Mark Wilkinson on Mar 31, 2011 in Blog | 0 comments By Arnie Cooper Special to the Los Angeles Times April 3, 2011 To get up Santa Ynez Valley's Little Pine Mountain by bike, the 13-mile gain on dusty, gravelly switchbacks is brutal. The payoff? Sweeping views that few people attain. Reporting from the Santa Ynez Valley, Calif.— My first reaction to this assignment was (to sanitize the expression) "Drat! What have I gotten myself into?" Biking...read more