{"id":6483,"date":"2024-04-07T11:13:01","date_gmt":"2024-04-07T15:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/?p=6483"},"modified":"2024-04-07T11:13:01","modified_gmt":"2024-04-07T15:13:01","slug":"exploring-on-april-6-short-clip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/?p=6483","title":{"rendered":"Exploring on April 6 (short clip)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I ventured out for a hike on April 6, 2024. It was actually a pretty cool day with a chilling wind, but I had to, at least, take off my shoes and pants to explore some wet areas. There was some real quicksand in the stream, so I stopped and experimented with it. I wish it had been deeper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2024-04-06_quicksand-short960p.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After being disappointed by the quicksand, I ventured downstream in search of mud. I knew the stream would eventually empty into a large, swampy, tidal area that was connected to a tidal creek, and it was about time for low tide, so I there could be some exposed mud &#8230; maybe even some really deep mud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I wasn&#8217;t entirely disappointed. There was a lot of timber that got in the way of sinking, but there was deep mud, if you could find a spot with nothing in the way. I&#8217;ll have to explore more when it&#8217;s warmer. It was just too cold and windy to be wet and nearly naked for a long time. The water I was wading in was also pretty cold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I made a short clip from my brief adventure. The clip was just a little to long to post here for free, and it was almost too short to sell. I did put it in my clip store. Here is the link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clips4sale.com\/studio\/10094\/28902851\/john-finds-a-soft-spot-2024-04-06\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">John Finds a Soft Spot, 2024-04-06<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls poster=\"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2024-04-06_exploring1920x1080.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2024-04-06_exploring-teaser720p.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I ventured out for a hike on April 6, 2024. It was actually a pretty cool day with a chilling wind, but I had to, at least, take off my shoes and pants to explore some wet areas. There was some real quicksand in the stream, so I stopped and experimented with it. I wish &hellip; <a class=\"read-excerpt\" href=\"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/?p=6483\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&raquo;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7,11],"tags":[118,33],"class_list":["post-6483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deepmud","category-exploring","category-teasertrailers","tag-quicksand","tag-swamp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6483","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=6483"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6487,"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6483\/revisions\/6487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}