I dreamed the night before last that the road to the basin had been – was being, right there in the time of my dream – paved. Suddenly, the wide dirt path was black and solid under the wheels of my Jeep, and then there were machines and workers and noises and a line of vehicles waiting in the construction zone. I stopped at the end of the line, got out of my Jeep and started walking back the way I’d come, looking for that dirt I remembered.
What a nightmare.
To have giant areas, still, of untracked, unpaved wild lands … what a privilege to witness. Yes, I drive on the roads that exist, to get to the places no roads cross, to walk where mustangs and elk and mule deer and pronghorns roam. What a privilege.
Spring Creek Basin Mustangs 
Yes it is a privilege – one could almost say that one ranks right up there as a right of all of us who “own” public lands & forests! What a nightmare you had.
Thinking of it as a privilege imbues a sense of responsibility, and I feel that keenly.
What a dream! You are truly privileged to be there watching over all the horses. Thank goodness you are there.
Yes, and yes. 🙂 And I am so grateful!
We need the open spaces! Progress is not always a good thing!
Agreed, on both counts. Nature helps us recover from “progress” … and all its accompanying stress. 🙂
That is a beautiful privilege.
Yes, it most definitely is. 🙂
It is a privilege.
🙂 I think so, for sure.
Indeed
Yes!
Glad that WAS a dream, TJ! Our worst nightmare – Spring Creek Basin HMA paved! Those changes are always possible no matter how remote they may seem. It takes “all of us” to stand on the line and help keep wild, open, quiet places they way they are. Small, sometimes horrible, dirt roads are just fine! Don’t need any more “improvements” than that. 😊
It was crazy, and I don’t know where it came from … other than recent travel that involved a lot of asphalt driving?! 🙂 And yes, it takes all of us to protect our wild, open, quiet places just the way they are! I’m never too worried about “horrible” dirt roads … unless I have to pull someone out! 😉
Wow, that is a nightmare! But I love how your enthusiasm turned it right around!
When in doubt, just find dirt! 🙂
Indeed it is!
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