{"id":4434,"date":"2019-03-24T22:21:45","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T02:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/?p=4434"},"modified":"2019-03-24T22:23:07","modified_gmt":"2019-03-25T02:23:07","slug":"exploring-a-beaver-pond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/?p=4434","title":{"rendered":"Exploring a Beaver Pond"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There were alligators lurking just below the surface, but I had to know if there were any deep spots. I was actually on an overnight backpacking trip. I have hiked past this pond before, but I&#8217;ve never noticed any pools of mud. I suspect the damn was compromised in the storm so the pond has been able to drain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I just got back, today, and I&#8217;m pretty beat, so I&#8217;ll let the pictures and video do the talking for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-03-23_f1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"825\" height=\"825\" src=\"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-03-23_f1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4437\" data-link=\"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/?attachment_id=4437\" class=\"wp-image-4437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-03-23_f1.jpg 825w, https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-03-23_f1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-03-23_f1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-03-23_f1-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Wandering<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-03-23_f2-1024x769.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" src=\"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-03-23_f2-1024x769.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4438\" data-link=\"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/?attachment_id=4438\" class=\"wp-image-4438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-03-23_f2-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-03-23_f2-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-03-23_f2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-03-23_f2-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-03-23_f2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Slogging through duck weed<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-03-23_f3-1024x576.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-03-23_f3-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4439\" data-link=\"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/?attachment_id=4439\" class=\"wp-image-4439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-03-23_f3-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-03-23_f3-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-03-23_f3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-03-23_f3-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-03-23_f3.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>In a field of logs<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-03-23_f4-1024x768.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-03-23_f4-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4440\" data-link=\"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/?attachment_id=4440\" class=\"wp-image-4440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-03-23_f4-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-03-23_f4-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-03-23_f4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-03-23_f4-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-03-23_f4.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>The easy way<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-03-23_f5-1024x768.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-03-23_f5-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4441\" data-link=\"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/?attachment_id=4441\" class=\"wp-image-4441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-03-23_f5-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-03-23_f5-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-03-23_f5-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-03-23_f5-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-03-23_f5.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Oops!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-03-23_f6-1024x576.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-03-23_f6-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4442\" data-link=\"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/?attachment_id=4442\" class=\"wp-image-4442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-03-23_f6-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-03-23_f6-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-03-23_f6-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-03-23_f6-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-03-23_f6.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Could be stuck &#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-4434-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-03-23_exploring.mp4?_=1\" \/><source type=\"video\/webm\" src=\"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-03-23_exploring.webm?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-03-23_exploring.mp4\">https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-03-23_exploring.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There were alligators lurking just below the surface, but I had to know if there were any deep spots. I was actually on an overnight backpacking trip. I have hiked past this pond before, but I&#8217;ve never noticed any pools of mud. I suspect the damn was compromised in the storm so the pond has &hellip; <a class=\"read-excerpt\" href=\"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/?p=4434\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&raquo;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4442,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[73],"class_list":["post-4434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exploring","tag-free-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4434","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=4434"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4447,"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4434\/revisions\/4447"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}