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Send a private message to FoggyNogginz. Find all posts by FoggyNogginz. Pine Island Sound is the biggest, covering an area larger than a football field with soupy mud that ranges from one foot to about five feet deep. Five or six islands spread throughout the hole offer the off roaders refuge. They all offer a unique challenge for riders and those recovering vehicles. Getting stuck in the mud is a game for most of these off-roaders.
First, they trek through the mud looking for that one spot that will give them the challenge they crave. But the challenge has only begun when the tires disappear underneath a pool of mud. Manuevering the vehicles out of the mud gives the drivers a sense of accomplishment. And bragging rights. It's a whole other game trying to pull the stuck vehicles out of the mud, with bragging rights of its own.
A series of venders set up along the main drag. All the staples are there, including an Italian ice stand to a barbecue pit. Those looking to fit in with the crowd can get their fresh duds from the "Bucked Up" apparel booth. Jayme Judge, of Venice, said she spends every long weekend with friends at one mud hole or another and the Redneck Yacht Club is their favorite.
Judge loves mud holes so much she even got engaged in one. Everyone's skin is the same mud-splattered brown with the exception of those exiting the buggy wash. The closest thing to a swimming spot is the home-made spray station intended to clean vehicles of all sizes and their passengers. Wooden posts with shower heads attached form the primal wash station. The water constantly flows as buggies and ATVs take their turn driving slowly through.
Much like children playing in a front yard sprinkler, the spray station provides a temporary escape from the heat. Others pull up to the side of the drive-through for no other reason then to watch the young girls' clothes cling tightly to their bodies as they rinse off the muddy scars of the day. A thin, blond in Daisy Dukes and cowboy boots attracts a crowd as she rubs the dirt off her tan legs, which are as dark as the mud splattered on them. Her string bikini top tightens as she shakes her hair dry in what resembled a shampoo commercial.
The scene, only seconds long, seems to be moving in slow motion. A buggy pulls out of the wash, water spilling over the sides of the makeshift pool attached to the back. A woman dances and the Mardi Gras beads that are wrapped around the rails of the buggy rattle as she twirls a red strand over head.
She shakes her head side to side, her long hair flinging water on the driver. Both are still splattered with mud despite the wash. Many of the rigs are made of scrap metal welded together to form a frame that connects the balloon tires to the ragged seats.
Bumper stickers containing rebel flags with sayings like "We don't call them Yankees we call them targets," and "American by birth, Southern by intelligent choice," are the only detail that can be seen through the thick layers of mud. A ride resembling a pickup truck, rolls into the mud hole and slides across the island in the middle without breaking. It's obvious the ride was made from the parts of at least four different trucks by its green hood, orange bed and blue and yellow doors.
On the front windshield is a decal that says "Livin' the mud life" and out the passenger side window is an arm holding up a peace sign. A camo coated ATV moves slower than some due to it's tank tread with a metal chain rolling across the small round supports. On the driver's seat a man lifts his shirt to show a bandage that covers the tattoo he got that morning from the tattoo and piercing vendor. An American flag waves off each steering handle and the antenna.
Small mementoes to honor the holiday he celebrates covered in mud. Just look at some of these rides. Ball describes himself as rough around the edges and said he likes the Redneck Yacht Club because he can be his "true redneck self.
Kevin Kern, of south Fort Myers, said he experienced the mud hole up close and personal, when a friend flipped a jeep jumping berms at the park during Fourth of July weekend. Kern said he remembers seeing the water raise as he reached to unbuckle his harness. He managed to get loose, but was submerged in water to his chest and mud splashed over his head and shoulders.
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