{"id":2123,"date":"2013-09-14T21:15:47","date_gmt":"2013-09-15T01:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/?p=2123"},"modified":"2013-09-14T21:15:47","modified_gmt":"2013-09-15T01:15:47","slug":"kayaking-at-low-tide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/?p=2123","title":{"rendered":"Kayaking at low tide"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"2013-09-14_frame\"<\/a>I managed to get muddy up to the top of my thighs, while exploring, today. However, my trip turned out to be a 5 mile paddle, with very little mud. I was late getting to the swamp, and the low tide was mediocre, at best. There was a stiff wind, creating a wind tide. Also, since I arrived late, the tide was coming back in by the time I could get set up.<\/p>\n

That’s the bad news. The good news is that it was a really nice day, and I had a nice paddle. I really needed some exercise, so I ventured out, even though I knew I was running late. I might try again on Sunday (tomorrow). I’m anxious to get back into the mud, and it won’t be long before the cooler weather and shorter days will make swamp trips a lot less frequent. This summer seems to have zipped by. In another week, summer will be officially over. The days are definitely getting shorter. On the bright side, I have done a lot of mudding this summer, and the weather hasn’t been that bad. We haven’t even had a tropical storm yet this year. That may be about to change, but it’s nice that we made it through summer without getting hammered by crazy weather.<\/p>\n

For the curious among you, the image on the left is from today. I explored a spot that I have ignored in the past because there is a lot of timber in the mud. I decided to take a walk in it to see how far it went and what it might have to offer in terms of depth and consistency. There was one spot where I sank up to my crotch and I might have been able to sink deeper, but the mud was really thick. I suppose I might have gotten in up to my navel, had I worked at it long enough, but it wasn’t worth it to me. The mud seemed to contain a lot of clay; it was thick and sticky. It may make an interesting “stuck” video, but total immersion is probably out.<\/p>\n

On a side note, I walked out into the creek from the mouth of this tributary, in order to wash my jeans off before I jumped back into my boat. The bottom of the creek was nothing but quicksand. The further out I walked to find deeper water, the deeper I sank in the quicksand. I finally climbed onto my boat, sidesaddle, and rinsed the clay and quicksand off my jeans as best I could until I could paddle to a place with a more suitable bottom. The really fun stuff is often under water.<\/p>\n

I’ll check in again, tomorrow, if I venture out in search of mud. Until then, happy mudding!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I managed to get muddy up to the top of my thighs, while exploring, today. However, my trip turned out to be a 5 mile paddle, with very little mud. I was late getting to the swamp, and the low tide was mediocre, at best. There was a stiff wind, creating a wind tide. Also, … Continue reading »<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exploring","category-mudding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2123"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2125,"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2123\/revisions\/2125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}