Returned to Deer Camp, this time with a GPS track for the Deer Camp Loop. Saw my fourth rattlesnake in as many weeks that has not rattled at me. The loop after you leave Deer Camp (going clockwise) is much more rugged- faint with cairns and orange flagging over large slabs of granite. It is part of the Samaniego Peak West Ridge route, but I couldn't really see a path heading up the ridge beyond where it left the loop because it was overgrown. I closed the loop and was in the mood to keep hiking so I checked out the Middle Gate/50 Year Trail loop as well. Middle Gate goes through some fantastic boulder fields that I hadn't traveled through before. I love the junipers on the 50 Year trail (or anywhere else for that matter, it's my favorite tree!). Often there is a saguaro right next to a juniper as low as 3200 feet. This hike made for an enjoyable figure 8 loop through some really beautiful country.