Spring Creek Basin Mustangs

It’s been about a week and a half now since I took this (and many more) pic of Winona with a storm clearing and swirling above Utah’s La Sal Mountains on the northwestern horizon. The day was *gorgeous*.

It’s a good thing those mountains and Colorado’s have snow … but it’s not a lot. It’s less day by day. And none of that snow reaches Spring Creek Basin. Not even Disappointment Creek, which has had only sporadically running water so far this year, is doing very well (and it doesn’t run through Spring Creek Basin at all).

The view is gorgeous, but the outlook for this summer is grim.

Any way you slice (crop) it, Buckeye is one handsome fellow.

Actually, only the third one was cropped – at little off the left side. The first two are as taken, but with my long lens and the land rising behind me, I couldn’t quite get the fullness of the image. The third image is from my phone.

Love the way the two junipers arch directly over him. He chose the spot for the shade, but c’mon, maybe a little bit of artistry??

Sometimes the best images come right to your camera, just as you’re leaving Spring Creek Basin with no expectation of seeing horses right along the road in spectacular light. 🙂

Temple-the-gorgeous was at her most-gorgeous while walking along catching up to the band, all of whom had already dropped low while grazing.