Nessie, we brought our mud 'To Go' last time we visited the now underwater Clay Pond. I sifted through it for sticks, bugs, etc. but found nothing but pure clay-based mud! It's now in a large plastic trash can and we keep an eye on it for moisture content, etc. until such time as we can shoot an indoor mud video with it.
So our winter won't have to be mudless now!
Also here's a bit of a horror story. (True)
I had made the foolish mistake of posting maps of our play areas on here - Google Earth maps with no names of places, etc. visible. However, a clever reader of the forum here was able to match the images I posted with Google Earth and figured out where we were playing - most specifically the name of the creek that leads to our Clay Pond.
We had told nobody in our 'real' world of our location or activities, it's extremely secluded with only farmland surrounding it, and a thick layer of trees and bullrushes on the perimeter so that even the farmers would likely not see anything. (they'd have to bush-whack through tall bullrushes and there would be no reason for them to do so)
So with only the umd forum visitors aware of our location (through the map we posted) we were shocked to find the provincial police at our door at ten o'clock that evening. They said there was a report of 'porn-videos' being shot at _______creek. (The name of the waterway we were at) Absolutely nobody saw us, and absolutely nobody in our 'real world' knew we were going there. I immediately contacted MM who kindly removed my map images, but only after the damage was done, as far as someone on here figuring out our location and notifying the authorities. We had not broken any laws however, as we were in a public waterway (despite it being dried out to a pond of mud) so not trespassing, and we were not in a public place. (Legal definition is that at least one person must be able to see you, otherwise it's a private place, even if has public access) Also, Marlicious was only topless, which happens to be legal here in our province, rendering the 'porn' suggestion erroneous.
So the police only gave us a warning, yet it was quite disturbing to know that someone accessing the forum here went to all the bother to cause such trouble for us.
So lesson leaned - you can never be too careful with what you post on here or any other forum! Though most people are interested and supportive, there are always a few people who love to stir things up, that's just human nature!