Sounds like you have it figured out!
You reminded me of a little story:
A buddy of mine located some trails nearby using terraserver images and we headed off to find them. We found them, and took off on 'em with high hopes. The buddy that found them (KTM EXC 200) led the way and we followed. I was right behind him and noticed his rear tire sinking pretty deep in muck and the rut that it made filling with water. Uh Oh. I went to the left of his rut and my front wheel disappeared in mud. About 5 seconds later, we hear the KTM revving to the moon and then quit. My buddy starts yelling that he's stuck. When we got to the bike it was buried to the seat in the gnarliest, stickiest, smelliest mud I've ever seen. Took us 2 hrs of digging, yanking and cursing to get that pumpkin free!
I attached an image of the KTM on day one, and after the sticking.