Spring Creek Basin Mustangs

Sundance, looking handsome as ever during a recent golden, glorious evening.

I mean, really, what else is there to say!?

End of the day … the horses were already in the shade of the western ridges while McKenna Peak and Temple Butte were still catching the last light. Tenaz was marching along, and I took a grab-shot from the window of my Jeep.

Baby Odin leads the way (following a pair that hangs out with his band) to water at Spring Creek, just about in the middle of Spring Creek Basin, with that fabulous, fantastic, recognizable-anywhere backdrop of eastern boundary behind them.

We haven’t had a spit of rain since the very first couple of days of the month, so it’s pretty dusty out there. Fortunately, most of the ponds still have water, the catchments are good water sources, and there are seeps in the arroyos that still have water. We’ve had another absolutely gorgeous autumn, and now the temps are about to start dropping, with our first really cold nights/mornings coming very soon.

Whooooooeeeee!

From her vantage point on a slight rise, Reya was in the perfect post from which to observe the comings and goings (OK, mostly also nappings) of her fellow ponies (another band and a lone, wandering bachelor).

I’m loving her mud coat and her fairy-knotted braids.

Doesn’t Maiku look healthy and well-fed?! Such is the bounty of autumn in Spring Creek Basin. 😉

Auntie Maia keeps baby Odin company as he naps. He didn’t move a muscle, even as she moved on to graze. No matter the species, babies rely on their adults to keep them safe while they nap the sleep of innocents (not to mention innocence). 🙂