Summer rain = running creek

5 08 2019

Piedra above Spring Creek

Piedra grazes above FLOWING Spring Creek.

Yes, we got rain, and yes, we are very happy. 🙂 This isn’t the only creek flowing in Disappointment Valley after rain yesterday!





On the move

4 08 2019

Chipeta

Wary Chipeta likes to keep plenty of distance between herself and two-leggeds toting cameras. When she grazes, she does it with her butt to me. The side look is a better look. 🙂





Just a glance

3 08 2019

Hollywood

While sitting on a fallen tree watching a band, I looked over to see Hollywood watching them, too.

We don’t have many trees in Spring Creek Basin, but the horses occasionally take advantage of the ones we do have. And sometimes, the photographers do, too. 🙂





Magic

2 08 2019

Corazon

Truly. 🙂





Not a care

1 08 2019

Kwana

Kwana is unperturbed as he grazes.

You’d never know it, but there were two other bands – each with lieutenant stallions – very nearby.





Shady dude

31 07 2019

Comanche; McKenna Peak

Comanche takes advantage of some shade in the late afternoon before joining the caravan to the local water hole.





Gift

30 07 2019

Hollywood's band

In the high desert country, we don’t take water for granted.

This pond was dry until the recent couple of rains swept through.





Hunka hunk

29 07 2019

Sundance

It’s always a treat to see handsome Sundance. Looking for him and his band led to seeing some positives in the basin after a few recent rains. 🙂





Spots that glow

28 07 2019

Spirit and Puzzle

Spirit and Puzzle in the gold of late evening.

Sometimes, there’s nothing else necessary to say.





Summer Creek

27 07 2019

Maiku in Spring Creek

Two nights ago, rain ran in curtains across the northern end of Disappointment Valley, including Spring Creek Basin.

After that rain, water ran in a flood in Spring Creek, in northeastern Disappointment Valley. 🙂

Above, Maiku tests the mud after drinking in a center stream where water still ran.