I've been on the first three or so miles from the Salmon Falls end before but never did it this way. As of today 21 April 2019 after a wet winter, it's green but there are no puddles; a few stream crossings but nothing tricky. I did an A-to-B with car shuttle starting on Rattlesnake Bar Road near Peninsula Campground and ending at Salmon Falls Bridge, not quite 9 miles. Do note that the first ~0.5 miles from the Peninsula side were extremely overgrown, i.e., the trail was clearly a creek until recently and is filled with thick green vegetation - not enticing since I saw a rattler on the way in. So I went up on the side of the hill and bushwhacked back it was still better than the first part of the trail! After that, no problem.
I took a lot of photos and instead of trying to pick the best I'll just use them all instead of obvious duplicates. Enjoy!
Above: close to a half-mile of this. Out of concern for snakebite danger I bushwhacked on the west side of the trail up on the hill.
Above: Pressed-down grass where deer probably slept last night.
HIC SAPIENTIA EST. QUI HABET INTELLECTUM CONPUTET NUMERUM TOXICODENDRON. Definitely worse in the middle portion of the trail.
I took this one because there were (I would guess) large trout splashing about in the shallows here, and you can see them.
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