Thursday, February 23, 2023

Spent some time with Becky and Brian on the island

 

 

Showed them the mudflats.

 

There were birds.


 

And cars.  Driving out on the mudflats is okay.  The “mud” is mostly firm sand.  Leaving the car sitting while the tide comes in and goes back out is not though.  Remember standing at the edge of the ocean as kids?  Stand in one spot and let the waves wash back and forth over your feet.  That horizontal wave motion creates a vertical object motion.  You slowly sink into the sand.  A guy’s car sank, and the undercarriage was resting on the sand.  Help had arrived in the form of shovels to try to dig the wheels out.  They had been at it for quite a while, but that wasn’t going to solve his problem.


 

We got to make his day a little better (or suck a little less).

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAt-kvxxtRA

 

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