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Frustrated Mudscout
10 months ago
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Weeeeel, a ranger buddy of mine let me know that some of the roads I get down regularly to do my 'mudscouting' and other such videos will most likely be closed to all public access in the near future. (National Forests Area) Apparently due to some big changes at the top, mass lay-offs n' such, (frustrated) I'm gonna have to do more exploration to see if I can come up with other spots to explore and test for ground stability. (mud scouting)
Soooo what this means for me is, content from me may be a bit rough for a bit. I'm digging into some old footage that I came across on a camera memory card that I thought I already uploaded before. (more footage of past seasons)
In other news, I will also be starting a new YouTube Channel with a slightly different focus (less mud, more just furry content but out in nature doing bike rides and e-bike stuff and of course my photography. I love sharing the wilds with everyone! (It's safer than if I were to ever be caught doing my muddy stuff with less explaining to do). I'll still be doing my muddy things, but now with future challenges of trying to find a place to find mud, my muck-about-content is gonna be a bit of a struggle for a bit.
Soooo what this means for me is, content from me may be a bit rough for a bit. I'm digging into some old footage that I came across on a camera memory card that I thought I already uploaded before. (more footage of past seasons)
In other news, I will also be starting a new YouTube Channel with a slightly different focus (less mud, more just furry content but out in nature doing bike rides and e-bike stuff and of course my photography. I love sharing the wilds with everyone! (It's safer than if I were to ever be caught doing my muddy stuff with less explaining to do). I'll still be doing my muddy things, but now with future challenges of trying to find a place to find mud, my muck-about-content is gonna be a bit of a struggle for a bit.
With the reduction in force, it's not like there's going to be anyone to patrol, right?
I did this once and had to deal with a local Police officer. I entered a park that was marked closed. Even if the reason was good, the excuse didn't hold up with the officer that I met on exiting the other side of the park. I traveled through this park on a bike, it was a part of my regular commute to/from work and shaved off a sizable amount of time/saftey for me to travel through this park. That is apparently considered trespassing. (sure, the parks are for the people, and all that jazz, but if it's closed, it's closed)
Our local sherif routinely drives this route, so to find a van parked beside the gate in-to the area risks ticketing and towing. Thats just not something I'd even remotely risk. If it comes down to that, I will wander elsewhere.
Typical that the shower of [redacted] in charge is having all these other side effects, like making the Parks basically off-limits. Hopefully things get sorted out though ❤️
I hope for the best though. Suppose it means more exploring in the meantime, like you said earlier- It's a hell of a big place, perhaps there'll be places outside the Parks that are nice also- though I do appreciate your fears. It'd be a travesty to lose places that are so unique and so beautiful as those we've seen through your lens so far <3