Return of the Swamp Thing

Somehow, I managed to get up the energy to head to Anna's swampland backyard to do some work.  All the pics below are before pics... I didn't take any after pics since I'm not done, but the 6 hours I did spend there, I got a lot accomplished.  I had to dig a trench to divert the water and the dirt is literally clay with  years of toxic waterflow soaked into it.  All I can smell, even after my shower, is swamp-ass.  Such a pungent, sulfer smell that was disgusting.  I managed to get that dug, remove all the weeds, trim up anything that wasn't a weed and clean up the waterfall to flow better.  I have to put down some mulch and do a few other things, perhaps once my nose clears out from the smell.

Tomorrow, I am taking a 'me' day.  I'm heading to Ohiopyle, a white-water rafting/kayaking area that has a great biking trail.  Matt and I went there in the fall and rode 20 miles.  And not that I'm needing the exercise, I just want to get away for a day by myself.  It's about an hour or so from here.