After my previous bikeride, I hurt my back at home (hauling pails of rainwater while bending down low under a peach tree), causing me to miss out on an opportunity to take advantage of the hot weather during the Labor Day long weekend several days later, when my bog would have been even more heavenly and thick!

Then, after that, a cold low moved down the coast, sending scattered thunderstorms up from the south, with hit or miss downpours.

Then, the low moved inland along the California/Oregon border, and just when I thought it was finally out of our hair, it then instantly shot up straight northward into Washington State, sending a firehose of rain over southern BC from the east!

After the weather
finally improved, I waited about a week for things to dry out before finally going on my
fifth outing of the season on
Thursday, September 12'th!

But, it was now hunting season, so I had to be careful.
This time, my main plan was to transfer mud from surrounding areas to my sinking spot to raise its level enough for it to become exposed earlier in the season. Even though I had moved a large black bucket from the "liquid mud and sticks pond" trail entrance to the general area of my "Crescent Road pond" sinking area last time, I felt it was too large, heavy and bulky for the amount of mud I would be transporting at a time, especially with my injured left elbow (Golfer's Elbow). So, when my dad gave me and my bike a lift up into the mountains, I managed to smuggle a smaller pail with me in my saddlebag. I hoped that the rain hadn't affected things, since I hoped to perhaps be able to more easily access mud directly from the pond bottom itself near the sinking spot instead of from beneath the surrounding meadow. But, I was disappointed to see that instead of lower water levels, the meadow around the pond was partially flooded again!

We had regressed back to late July!

So, by not going during the Labor Day weekend thanks to a bad back, I missed out on my sinking spot's peak in thickness for 2013!

Therefore, the pond bottom would be further to reach than I would have wanted, meaning I would have to get it from under the surrounding meadow.

Here are a couple of pix of the mud with a large puddle in the center:
2013 09 12 5A Crescent.JPG
2013 09 12 5B Crescent.JPG
I had a nice initial sink, playing in the exposed mud outside the puddle. Here are some pix of it after I got out, with the high water flooding patches of it:
2013 09 12 5C Crescent.JPG
2013 09 12 5D Crescent.JPG
2013 09 12 5E Crescent.JPG
To Be Continued...
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