Go for it! Treat yourself at the bar. I'm sure as hell not going back to find it. I can barely walk today. The loop: Long Valley, Saddle Junction, Strawberry Junction, Little Round Valley, Peak, Wellman's, Round Valley, Long Valley. I kept the $50 inside an old holder for tram passes, and it was in the same pocket as my iodine tablets, so I'm guessing it's right after Willow Creek or Deer Springs, or somewhere in Little Round Valley. Just a tip: it's a *long ways* from Willow Creek to Deer Springs. Deer Springs is just a puddle that trickles right now. Don't pass it up, or you'll be very thirsty and dehydrated by the time you reach the springs below Little Round Valley. I took lots of salt tablets and Gu's. You'll want to leave Willow Creek well-hydrated with at least 50 oz. or more to make it to Deer Springs. I filled my 70 oz. Camelback, but some of it leaked along the way.
Awhile back there was a thing on the Internet called "Rich's Beer Run." He would do that loop except starting at one of the Idyllwild trailheads. He would stop at the tram for a cold one, then hit the trail again.