{"id":6099,"date":"2023-06-02T13:16:33","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T17:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/?p=6099"},"modified":"2023-06-02T13:16:33","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T17:16:33","slug":"still-exploring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/?p=6099","title":{"rendered":"Still Exploring"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I’m still in search of some good quicksand drama locations that are at a higher elevation from my salt marsh locations. These locations are still under water at high tide levels, but they don’t need a low tide to be exposed … just a not high tide. Some of these locations do have potential. There were a couple of times when I struggled not to sink too deep because I didn’t want to immerse my backpack.<\/p>\n\n\n

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I honestly don’t know if this research is going to lead to anything. It is a lot of effort to hike into these remote locations, carrying everything on my back, avoiding the poison ivy, and get cleaned up before getting dressed and hiking out. I hiked 6 miles, yesterday. It was a good time, but I didn’t get enough video to justify the effort. Once I find the perfect spot, I might work out a better access plan, but it will never be as expedient as paddling a kayak right up to the mud and being able to use the kayak, both as a transport and a clean platform to stage gear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I settled on kayaking or canoeing decades ago because boating has numerous advantages. Hiking to the mud is a regression, but it is also a different challenge, so it’s not all bad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I’m still in search of some good quicksand drama locations that are at a higher elevation from my salt marsh locations. These locations are still under water at high tide levels, but they don’t need a low tide to be exposed … just a not high tide. Some of these locations do have potential. There … Continue reading »<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exploring","category-production-issues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6099","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=6099"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6110,"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6099\/revisions\/6110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}