Well, the comment experiment is over. I love to get comments from you guys, but I get 25 spam comments for every legitimate comment. I’m just going to turn off comments until I release my next movie.

I might shoot something in the swamp tomorrow (Thursday, March 15), if this weather holds. Today would have been an awesome day, but I can’t goof off until I work through some of my backlog.

It was too nice today not to get out on the water for a while. The first day of the month is often one of my busiest days, so I hustled to take care of business before tossing my boat on the creek and going for a short paddle.

I couldn’t resist the urge to check on one of my mud holes as I paddled by. When I got there, I stripped off my outer layer of clothes and sauntered through the mud. I wasn’t prepared to get too muddy, so I struggled across the thick mud and climbed out the other side. Then I climbed up on a tree and jumped back into the mud. I sank up to my waist when I jumped in, so I had to wriggle myself back out of the thick mud a second time. I left the video camera running the entire time. I looked at the video. It’s not bad. It may take me a couple days to get around to editing it and uploading it. Update: The video is now on-line here. In the meantime, I snapped two muddy-crotch photos for you to check out.

On a related note: The water temperature is already pretty tolerable. Last year there was ice on the mud where the sun doesn’t shine. This year the mud is not even that cold. Finally, the weather varies between cold nights (around freezing) with 50 degree days, and mild nights with 70 degree days. For this time of year, it’s unusually warm. My mud season may get off to an early start, if this trend continues.

The weather has been really mild, for February. I’ve been watching the tide charts and weather reports, looking for an opportunity to partake in some swamp mud. It seems like it’s been forever, since my last mudding trip. If nothing else, I could use the exercise, and my skin needs softening.

I’ve also got a new girl I’m going to try in the mud, this year. Most of the girls will go into the swamp one time (if they’re brave), and that’s it for them. To be fair, most of the guys I know wouldn’t do it, either. I guess it is an acquired taste. They just don’t know what they’re missing!

Well, that’s all, for now. I hope 2012 is a great year. I figure if we can survive the republican primary, we can survive anything. I hope to be writing about a swamp adventure, in my next update.

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