While I didn't get a chance to get involved in any mud, I did get to assist in a tide flats mud rescue!

I was driving along a tidal inlet and some people were out along the shore appearing to be doing some variety of survey. Soil samples along the shore, water, and collecting a survey bouy. Well the young lady of the group had managed to mire herself probably about thigh deep or so at the edge of the waterway. Sadly I wasn't able to join the fun, but I talked her through getting herself unstuck and from her exceptionally messy predicament.

The other two workers didn't seem to have knowledge of how to help get her free. (they probably should know lest they also fall prey to a situation themselves) (Just because they are guys, doesn't mean they can't get stuck in the mud too!) but I talked her through the process, and she did get herself free of the trap. Wasn't particularly clean, and clearly both embarrassed and surprised just how easy it is to get throughly mired along that shore line. (*I should know heheh*) At least she was wearing bib-waders, so she wouldn't be totally messy for the day.

I explained that I had done such rescues before, and was experienced with such mud as I regularly kayak along estuaries and places of less than solid shores.

Yay for the win!

Mudscouts badge for rescue!

Selah!