Today, I took a different approach to the swampy area I’ve been trying to explore. I went in by kayak, from the creek side. I hadn’t explored that side of the swamp, and appreciate being able to clean up in the deep water before returning to civilization. Heck, you might not even know I had been exploring the swamp, if you saw me returning to the boat landing.
The sad thing is that, although there is a lot of mud, and it is thick and sticky, the swamp is plagued by buried logs, branches and tree roots. How deep you can sink is pretty much determined by when you hit submerged timber that blocks your descent.
I did find a couple of spots that were deep enough to be interesting. Given the consistency of that mud, it doesn’t need to be more than waist deep for escape to become an arduous struggle. There have been times when I wasn’t sure if I’d be able to pull my legs out, and that makes me horny! Once I think I may be stuck and I start to get turned on by the idea, I just want to work myself in deeper.
I suppose I need to release some video, soon. I’ve been working on other things when I’ve been in my office, and most of the time, I’ve been outside gardening, doing yard work, and pulverizing clumps of clay. That last one is a very dusty job. I am still optimistic about the chance of rain tomorrow night and Sunday morning, but I’m not counting on it. I’m still saving my gray water for the garden. If we do get rain, I am sure I’ll be shooting something in the new clay pit.
I got very messy, I slogged through a lot of mud, and I got to spend some time in the water, getting cleaned up. All-in-all, it was a good day until I bent the tongue on my trailer at the boat ramp. Hopefully, that is something I can fix soon, so I can get back out to the swamp. I think next time, I’m just going to go to one of my really deep spots where I can get completely immersed.
I hope you like the photos. I shot video and took some still photos. The images in this post are just a few of the pictures I took.