We’ve finally been getting some significant rainfall, so I decided it was time to try to stir some water into the depths of the mud pit. I didn’t get to the bottom everywhere, but I got pretty close in one spot and I made a good deal of progress on the rest of the pit.
I started out using the shovel, but I decided it would be more fun to into the mud and dredge the bottom with my bare hands. I horsed around a bit and took advantage of the cord that I installed when I made the pit, which runs through an anchor point at the bottom of the pit. I can use the cord to hold my body deeper in the mud than I would normally go without something pulling me down.
I couldn’t leave the pit without getting mud in my hair and nose and ears, so I lay back, hiked my hips up and pushed my head under. I almost forgot how hard it was to get all that crap out of my hair.