{"id":6961,"date":"2025-07-15T10:02:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T14:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/?p=6961"},"modified":"2025-07-15T10:02:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T14:02:02","slug":"kayaking-and-some-mud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/?p=6961","title":{"rendered":"Kayaking and Some Mud"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-15_swamp_1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6962\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-15_swamp_1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-15_swamp_1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-15_swamp_1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-15_swamp_1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-15_swamp_1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-15_swamp_1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I had hoped the tide would be low enough to get some sinking video before the sun set, but I was being overly optimistic. We had a very pleasant paddle and I did shoot a short mud scene and some behind the scenes wet and muddy video. I arrived at the launch wearing a camo crop top, low-waisted tight jeans with a belt, and my moccasin boots. That is pretty much what I wore throughout the trip because there just wasn&#8217;t time to change wardrobe, much less record any lengthy scenes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I think the short mud\/quicksand scene was fun, but I would have loved to have had more time. I&#8217;m thinking that the short scene will be another freebie because it ends in tragedy and I&#8217;m no longer allowed to sell tragic endings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My trip report (below) opens as I am leaving the boat launch. Then you get to see nature&#8217;s original &#8220;floatie&#8221;; the water moccasin (snake). It is pretty amazing how well they float. They are very easy to identify in the water because no other snake floats that well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My trip report features my wardrobe while I&#8217;m still dry, some scenic video, a couple short bits from my little mud drama, some swimming\/cleanup, and some shots of my muddy, wet jeans. I like to share my adventures in any way I can. I hope someone enjoys this short saga &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-14_web-vlog540p.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had hoped the tide would be low enough to get some sinking video before the sun set, but I was being overly optimistic. We had a very pleasant paddle and I did shoot a short mud scene and some behind the scenes wet and muddy video. I arrived at the launch wearing a camo &hellip; <a class=\"read-excerpt\" href=\"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/?p=6961\">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":[3,8,6,207],"tags":[213,138,107,248],"class_list":["post-6961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deepmud","category-attire","category-immersion","category-video-blog-vlog","tag-boots","tag-cleanup","tag-jeans","tag-snake"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6961","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=6961"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6964,"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6961\/revisions\/6964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}