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). It was a chilly 43 degrees when we started through the meadow. As has been the case, the trail is in great condition for the first mile or so until you enter the burn, then it's more work to find the old tread and the new sections. Once we approached West Spring, water appeared in the creek in the form of Green Slurpees, which we passed on purchasing. Just before the Campaign junction, I crawled under a tree that was blocking the old tread. Something on the ground there did not like me, as part of my arm and leg turned red and started burning. Rubbing some alcohol on it helped, but it hung around for a couple of hours. We arrived at Oak Flat and decided to hike up the creek as I flashed back to the nightmare that is the trail past this point. An eroded, negative camber, bloody mess that I did not want to repeat. The creek was dry most of the way; however, as we approached the small rock slide area, it appeared above ground, very clear and cold. After a couple of miles of rock-hopping in the creek, my ankle reminded me that it wasn't 100% and let me know it was time to head back—an uneventful hike back as we tried to stay on the old tread as much as it was there. A little past the Cuff Button junction, the old tread climbs high above the bank. Unfortunately, it has two good-sized deadfall sections that require you to hike through baby junipers to get past the first one and get on all fours for the second one, but other than that, the tread is good up on the bank. We heard a gunshot a short distance away near West Spring and saw a couple with a dog down in the creek while we were up on the bank, but did not come across anyone else on the trail the whole day. After getting back to TH and cleaning up, the 4Runner battery decided it was done, fortunately I carry a jumper box, which worked perfectly. On the drive out there were some horses along the side of the road at the upper HC TH, looks like Jack was doing some work at the cabin. Great day to be out in the Supes, trying to work my way back to longer hikes. 
