We tried to get out to the desert by walking out of town but the place to cross was flooded, so we turned along the river to walk to the bridge. However in continuation with our weird weather experiences, we got to one of the driest places on earth that for the last week had received constant rain. This was causing major flooding downstream and had stranded some of the former Intrepid travellers in town for days.
We looked for some shallower places to ford but all the rocks were covered.
We failed to get to the bridge due to fences blocking our path. Along the path we did find a pool of clay that was drying out. Someone had thrown a rock in a while ago and the clay was drying out in cool shapes.
The scientist in Matt required further testing.
Around the same area the clay bed was dry leaving the tops of the rocks exposed and larger debris flying off.
And with larger rocks they could fall quite deep and still not be consumed by the clay.
At the one end of the bed the clay was cracking, but still soft enough to step in to make footprints.
And a happy face.
As we moved away from the dry part there was another area that looked like it was thick. Turns out it was much wetter so the clay would form a crown.
That would then shatter into thousands of pieces.
And the clay bed would consume the rock. Much to our surprise no clay was sprayed onto clothing during this series of experiments.
Just think in a milllion years some scientist will dig up your happy face and wonder what society created this god
Thouroughly enjoying your adventures through your website
Envious or what!