Spring Creek Basin Mustangs

Hayden shows off his damp, green world after the last storm passed – and before the next wave came.

Look at that grass in the foreground!

We’re still getting afternoon showers … VERY widely scattered. And sometimes, we get a dose of after-storm sunlight, modeled here so well by our heart-boy, Corazon. 🙂

Lovely lady Kestrel, at rest before the rain came.

Soon after this visit, clouds from the east and southeast were over the entire basin, and later, more rain.

This summer, it finally seems safe to say that we ARE getting monsoon rains. We’re up to about 1.20 inches of rain total during the last week and a half-ish. The moisture that hit the ground mostly is soaking in – and gathering in arroyos that run to creeks that run to rivers – but the moisture is huge for the vegetation, and we’re still hopeful that some ponds might fill!

Sorry about the delay in posting. I got home late last night from the Wild to Mild event at the Montrose County Fairgrounds, which featured a lot of Colorado adopters and mustangs they received (from other states) back in April, and I forgot that I hadn’t scheduled a post for today!

Above is Mr. Skywalker – of course – hustling as much as he ever does to follow the band(s) he follows on the way to Spring Creek in the canyon.

Big news courtesy of Kat Wilder yesterday: Spring Creek was flowing! Their world – our world – is getting much-needed moisture!

There’s been a bit of a shakeup in bands recently, and Killian has lost his band. He had an injury to one of his legs, but he’s recovering well. Don’t count him out; he’s a studly stallion, and I imagine he’ll have a band again.

As promised, a pic of Kwana with his roached mane and stumpy tail!

The biting flies are out, and his poor little tail is going a mile a minute, without much effect. But I think we’ll all take the moisture and wait out the flies!