What you see in the picture is my footprints leading out to a bit of a sandy beach. I realized what I was getting myself into, was dressed for it and had backup in case anything were to go wrong. But what lies here is quicksand. How does quicksand happen in this instance, two points of water, 1 secluded stream trying to merge into the river. It does to the left, but further left is where the stream is located up a steep incline that joins the sandy beach. Water trying to flow naturally has to pass through a bank of sand in order to continue, and not to simply puddle where it sits. This creates a liquid sand effect which anything heavy and slightly shifting that were to disturb its surface, the surface liquifies and down you sink into the cool wet sand. This particular bit o' quick was only about a foot deep or so, but it was a pretty good example for this bit of Muducation. Since its been cold out and less than pretty lately I was outfit in some simple hikers, a gore-tex boot-sock liners to keep my feet from absolutely freezing.