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got down! Whew! All creeks had good flowing water, which was a nice surprise! Weather was toasty so my umbrella really came in handy. Ran into Tomato, I think our first AZT SOBO hiker for the season. He was at Washington Park and heading to Pine for a zero. Had a glitch with trail finding and came into Washington Park via crossing the East Verde. Don't know where we missed a turn / trail, but Tomato had done the same. We rested as needed and went as far a Bray Creek to camp for the night. Great camp site and wonderful water source! 
Took our time getting going on Sunday as we planned to camp above the Pine TH to avoid the holiday campers. We felt the junction just south of Webber was confusing and spent 15 - 20 minutes there, just to realize that we were on the right trail anyhow. The carsonite at the Geronimo/31 junction that tells you to turn right and take the 2 track should be removed. And, the Y at the 31 versus going on to the powerlines should have a sign or cairn. Anyhow, after much backtracking, we wound up at the same place that we kept turning around because we were going by the signs and trail description. Ran into a section hiker on his way to Mormon Lake. By noon it was HOT! Umbrella and salt time! Took a few breaks and made it to Red Rock Spring. Filtered there, had lunch, visited with some day hikers and then headed to the small mesa just about the switchbacks to the TH. Arrived at our camp spot - another beautiful night. Monday morning we went down the super, duper nicely realigned decent into the Pine TH. Wow! What an improvement! Picked up our shuttle vehicle and headed to THAT Brewery to have beer and burgers with Tomato, who had stayed at the cabin there. Overall, the trail is in good condition. There are some BIG washouts, but they do not affect forward motion or safety. Only 1 tree across the trail and it's an easy hop over. For as much rain as this area has seen and for as much of the trail that is also a watershed, the trail was easy on a couple of old ladies! 
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