Park your ark (but just for now)

After what feels like 40 days and nights of rain, the clouds have parted briefly. The sun is peeking out, and the roads look almost completely dry. Alas, I was about to be lulled into a false sense of dryness, but when I stepped onto our back lawn, it audibly squelched.

squelch
verb
To produce a splashing, squishing, or sucking sound, as when walking through ooze.
"squelch." The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. Answers.com 27 Jun. 2006. http://www.answers.com/topic/squelch

The rain is due to start back up in 4 days.