Spring Creek Basin Mustangs

This pic is (and the rest of these pix are) from the fog day but later than yesterday’s post’s pix (!), after the fog had lifted. I was so crazed trying to get pix of the fogbow and other things that by the time I turned my attention to Temple Butte, which I *thought* was going to be my focus that morning, the fog had already cleared! It was fast! The good news for me is that some drifty clouds came back … and, also, more wild stuff.

Above: Looking across Disappointment Creek and lovely cottonwoods (some yellow, some still green) toward Spring Creek Basin. Visible: corral hill (if you know what you’re look at, you can see the storage tank), the south end of what I call bachelor ridge at far left, submarine ridge above/beyond it, Temple Butte at upper left, of course, and Brumley Point at left.

This view shows the fog, clearing to the south (the first pic’s view is basically to the left of this one). Disappointment Road is visible in two stretches, as well as part of the power line that runs up-(and/or down-)valley. On the left side of the road is Spring Creek Basin; on the right side is BLM (but not HMA).

Damp (soaked) soil + sunshine + passing fog/cloud humidity (you could SEE it in the air) = rising mist?!

That’s the south end of bachelor ridge; Round Top is beyond at right; McKenna Peak is at upper right.

Shout-out to Denny with San Miguel County for checking on and marking the erosion damage on Disappointment Road!

Ignore the power line across the top. There’s a better look at submarine ridge. Isn’t that mist cool? Way beyond – snow-covered – is Groundhog Mountain.

Who loves drama?! 🙂 McKenna Peak looking super cool at left. This is when the clouds were making a return to the scene.

Absolutely beautiful. And a bit different view of Spring Creek Basin that I rarely show (or maybe never have!).