{"id":5156,"date":"2021-01-27T14:30:44","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T18:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/?p=5156"},"modified":"2021-01-27T14:30:44","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T18:30:44","slug":"winter-exploration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/?p=5156","title":{"rendered":"Winter Exploration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"248\" src=\"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/2021-01-24_backpack-300x248.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/2021-01-24_backpack-300x248.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/2021-01-24_backpack-1024x847.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/2021-01-24_backpack-150x124.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/2021-01-24_backpack-768x635.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/2021-01-24_backpack.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve wanted to explore this low, swampy part of the forest for a long time. I&#8217;ve put if off until now because there is no good place to clean up, and it&#8217;s a longer drive than I usually take to go mudding. However, it is further inland, so it won&#8217;t be impacted as much by tide levels. Also, it is a huge, swampy lowland. If I find even one great place to sink, it would be worth the effort; especially if I can sink there when all my other spots are flooded under tide water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"257\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/2021-01-24_boot-257x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/2021-01-24_boot-257x300.jpg 257w, https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/2021-01-24_boot-876x1024.jpg 876w, https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/2021-01-24_boot-128x150.jpg 128w, https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/2021-01-24_boot-768x897.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/2021-01-24_boot.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I had a good hike, and I enjoyed it, even though my boots were soaked and my pants were pretty muddy before I got out of the woods. I took the time to record video of a brief part of my hike which I have posted below. Be sure to watch it to the end. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/2021-01-24_exploring720p.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>p.s. I used to actually go mudding in the winter time. I think I&#8217;m getting old because my enthusiasm for taking a swim in ice cold water on a cool, winter day is just not what it used to be. I&#8217;m currently looking forward to warmer weather.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve wanted to explore this low, swampy part of the forest for a long time. I&#8217;ve put if off until now because there is no good place to clean up, and it&#8217;s a longer drive than I usually take to go mudding. However, it is further inland, so it won&#8217;t be impacted as much by &hellip; <a class=\"read-excerpt\" href=\"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/?p=5156\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&raquo;<\/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":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mudding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5156","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=5156"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5160,"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5156\/revisions\/5160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}