We don’t have “standing stones” as evidence of prehistoric cultures, and we don’t have any indigenous rock art in Spring Creek Basin (that I know of), but these boulders stand at the base of a big rocky hill, and now and then, the mustangs take advantage to use them for both napping shade as well as scratching “posts”!
Temple took advantage of one of them post-nap as the band was starting to mosey out to graze in the evening light. She had a bit of an audience. 🙂
Really leaning into it!
Spring Creek Basin Mustangs 
A good scratch feels so good!
Especially when it’s in a hard-to-reach spot! 😉
😅 That is a very creative “scratching post.” Critters seem to always find ways to make the best use of everything around them! Temple is very clever.
There aren’t too many of those places, so the horses make good use of them when they’re in the vicinity! 😉
nothing like being able to scratch an itch! Mother nature provides relief once again! Now she would just send a little bit of rain☔️
The rocks make the best rubbing surfaces, I think, because the horses can really lean into their scratching, and the boulders don’t move (!). … Yeah, we need rain BADLY.
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Nothing like scratching an itch!
They can make use of just about anything that strong enough and tall enough (and even some things that aren’t quite!). 🙂