Christmas Adventure
From Monday to Wednesday all it did was rain (I think we had 8 inches or something crazy like that) and then Thursday--Christmas Day--we went to look at some land. We decided since we didn't have other plans, that we would take the whole family in Josh's Honda Pilot up to look at a 12-acre parcel of land that Josh had been considering for purchase. We had heard that about a third of this land was considered "wet lands" and, well, they were right. I'm sure all that rain didn't help. :) We parked on a section of the swamp road just on the edge of the woods where this parcel began. We got out. We rolled up our pants and waded through the woods, about ankle-deep in water. We looked around. After a little while, we decided we had seen enough and were ready to go home. We got back in our vehicle, prepared to empty out our shoes and wring out our socks. Josh put the car in reverse, backed up, and then tried to go forward. Our tires spun and a shower of mud