All right, lets begin the process of elimination.....

I'll guess Dickey Creek Trail 553

Bryon

Bryon,

It's not Dickey Creek. But there is water involved, which the trail passes by and keeps on going. 

Doug Firman said
My photo's not much of a clue

So maybe some more help is due

     Hikers camp here (in season)

     For a very good reason

Tho the trail keeps on travelin' through.

 

Nice limerick. Don's just jealous that he can't think of limericks to go with his pictures.

Kirk

Donald Presley said
So Doug, the trail is a 100' away from this picture. I can step a 100 feet away from a lot of trails and take pictures and nobody would know where the f* I was but me. Hello! We try to make it so others can figure out where we might be on a TRAIL. I guess I need to post pictures of nails in logs and have you guess what  trail I am on? Here's one:

Don

Let me try!  Let's see, there are nails in a tree, so the trail name must have something to do with a tree. I'm going to go with Alder. And it looks really damp... so it must be Alder Swamp Trail!

Am I right?

Kirk

I'm pretty sure Kirk is right about the nails - I was on that trail a couple weeks ago, and remember seeing those nails on old rotted bridges across small creeks.

On to the real trail in question - I'm guessing it is the Elk Creek trail, maybe at the old site of the shelter?  Where the Mother Lode trail comes in?  I know there are lots of areas to camp there, although I can't say I remember seeing a place like what you posted.  But it does roughly fit.  There are seasonal waterways in that area, and people could hike through to Elk Lake (a major attraction).