{"id":4692,"date":"2019-07-28T23:39:31","date_gmt":"2019-07-29T03:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/?p=4692"},"modified":"2019-07-28T23:41:17","modified_gmt":"2019-07-29T03:41:17","slug":"what-doesnt-kill-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/?p=4692","title":{"rendered":"What Doesn’t Kill You …"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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… makes you stronger. Or so the saying goes. I went exploring, today. I accidentally left my phone home, so I had no GPS or even a compass. My plan was to let the phone map my trip so I could review it, later. It would also have been nice to have a satellite image to guide me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My first mission was to explore a tributary to Hunters Creek that I thought might give me access to a hiking trail, for future camping trips. I probably paddled about 3 miles (5km) to get to that tributary. By the time I finished exploring there, the tide was getting pretty low and I was hungry to get into some serious mud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So, I decided I’d try to find a shortcut to bypass some of the lobes in the creek and the river I was paddling towards. I found a windy stream that I thought would connect me back to the river and cut off a good deal of the distance. I knew, at low tide, it was going to be really difficult, but I was hoping to lop 2 miles (3km) off my paddle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Well, I dragged my boat about as far as I could through deep mud that exacted a toll on me with every step. Of course, I would have stayed on Hunters Creek if I didn’t think the slog would be worth it … if nothing else, I’d get to explore some more swamp and possibly find new places to sink.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When I found a way to return to the main waterway, I jumped on the opportunity for some easier travel. Sadly, when I got into the deeper water, I realized I had circled back to the creek about 70 meters from where I went in. I worked my ass off and gained nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Oh well, the tide was still low, so I paddled to my old mud hole the easy way, and I got there in plenty of time to play in the mud for a good while before the high tide began to encroach on my fun. I changed into front and back lacing, blue shorts and proceeded to make a mess of everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When the incoming tide made itself obvious, I went back to the river, cleaned up and paddled back to the launch. I had no idea what time it was, but it turned out I had been out on the water for seven hours. I was exhausted, hungry, and a little dehydrated. It was a hot, sunny day, and the sun took it’s toll on me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since it didn’t kill me, I suppose I’ll be stronger once I recover. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

… makes you stronger. Or so the saying goes. I went exploring, today. I accidentally left my phone home, so I had no GPS or even a compass. My plan was to let the phone map my trip so I could review it, later. It would also have been nice to have a satellite image … 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":[14,3,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bondage-in-mud","category-deepmud","category-exploring"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4692","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=4692"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4703,"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4692\/revisions\/4703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}