Oh, the suffering one has to do when he lives in one of the top premier locations for sinking mud in the entire country. I’ve decided to show you the closest mud hole to my home. I literally measure that distance in FEET. YUP...FEET. No going on a drive, bike ride, or long hike. No worries about trespassing. Just a quick stumble out my back doors and there it is, a tidal creek literally only 25 feet from the back of my house, on my property. But...it certainly doesn’t look like much. It’s all starting to get overgrown, but that’s typical for here in the summer. Just three months ago I had this entire area spotless. It always gets overgrown during the summer months. It’s ju too hot around here to really do anything about it until the fall, when I once again clean out the entire area. The tidal creek itself is quite safe, as it’s high enough that only a really high tide manages to push any water into it. So there’s no danger of drowning if one gets stuck here. As such, anyone sinking in it can wear their waders or hip boots. But...they can’t go naked. I have neighbors on both sides of me. I rarely, if ever, use it for a sinking spot. It may be really close, but that doesn’t mean that it’s any good. In an area that has pristine sinking locations all over the place, this little tidal creek sucks. That’s because although it formed originally as a tidal creek, it’s also part bog. Bogs simply aren’t my favorite places to go sinking. They’re full of limbs and organic material that’s slowly rotting, thus, they tend to stink. Additionally, they’re often full of clumps and stuff, so they’re not the incredibly buttery smooth, slippery, highly viscous,supercharged, silky sticky material I’ve come to appreciate. While that base is certainly there, it’s been diluted with tons of crap from the local vegetation that’s dropped into it over the years. This entire area is part of a wildlife area which often brings deer right to my back door. On a scale of 1 - 10 with 10 begins the best, I give most areas around here a solid 10. But this spot barely rates a 1. But this fall I think I’m going to start cleaning a lot of the crap back out and start some restoration of the area. I might be able to turn this spot into my own private little sinkhole.
Currently there’s some water sitting up on the top because we’ve has a lot of rain lately. We could use it though, as it’s somewhat of a break from the dry Spring we were having. Unfortunately summer rains aren’t for sinking as they bring much of the lightening that Florida’s been known for. My house got struck three years ago.
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