Poetry in motion. Lovely Maia and her lovely mama, Alegre.
The snowy first day of the new year was, well, lovely. Not a lot of snow fell in (the lower) Disappointment Valley from the much-heralded storm, but some is better than none. And it does make for a (lovely) winter wonderland!
Spring Creek Basin Mustangs 
Ah, and I see Houdini’s nose, yes? They look good in white!
Yes, Houdini’s distinctive nose. 🙂 They’re magnificent in white! The whole basin is magnificent. (Greedily, I wish we’d received even more snow!)
Gorgeous photos TJ!!! How difficult would it have been for you to get out to see horses with more snow?
The lower part of Disappointment Valley, which contains Spring Creek Basin, didn’t get a lot of snow from the New Year’s Day “storm” – probably less than half an inch. With the previous snow cover, there’s maybe an inch, inch and a half total. And it was cold – in the teens – so the snow was frozen (as oddly obvious as that sounds!) and easy to drive on. When the temps start to rise into about the mid-20s or higher, I get out of the basin because the snow starts melting, and what’s underneath is mud. Because our winter has been so (relatively) warm, the ground just slurps up all the moisture it gets (which hasn’t been much). We need that moisture badly, and we need the insulation of snow cover.
The short answer is that it wasn’t hard at all, and the horses were very accommodating in their locations! 🙂 As long as the snow is frozen (not sloppy, in other words), I can drive through a few inches of snow, especially in the “front country” of the basin.