No need to turn around on Penn Branch trail
Hitting the creek has been a problem and the RR tie was found and dropped by some riders. There is a road bridge nearby on Goodwater Rd. You have to backtrack to the jeep road before the creek, turn left and contiue down to Goodwater, traveling in the counter clockwise start direction as you did, turn left cross the bridge turn left onto another jeep road and look for the Orange disks on your right. Running clockwise reverse directions.
There is about 4.5 miles left of trail from the creek and it is maybe 4-5 feet deep.
Riding the trail counter-clockwise, remember that everything is on your left shoulder. I mean keep turning left to get back. Clockwise it is on the right.
The softness or spongyness of the trail is related to parts of it just getting cleared and not enough riders on it. The Fire Tower trail was the same in sections last year before riders starting putting some miles on it.
Nice job on clearing the logs.
John