101927700 wrote:Anyone know of any good sinking spots within about an hour's drive from the Oregon-Idaho border? I've found some spots, but at deepest they only go up to about just over my knees. Then there's Lake Lowell near Nampa, which might have some nice shore mud, but I'd imagine the bug situation down there is horrible...
How about the Snake River, but south of the string of reservoirs, since the reservoirs have raised water levels because of dams, and north of those reservoirs, the shorelines look rocky, but to the south, it looks muddier. But, you have to find places out of sight of the roads, and go later in the season when the water levels are low. A starting point would be from east of Huntington, south. Follow the river from the following Google Maps link southward, paying attention to the darker, smoother parts of the shorelines, and anything that may hide any areas from the nearby roads:
https://www.google.ca/maps/@44.3618368,-117.2178093,779m/data=!3m1!1e3For example, I wonder if the line of bushes are enough to hide this interesting looking spot from the train tracks and Olds Ferry Road:
https://www.google.ca/maps/@44.3158282,-117.2005309,205m/data=!3m1!1e3But, as I mentioned, you would have to wait until later on in the season for the water levels to drop and expose the mud.