On the anniversary of America’s independence and declaration of freedom, our wild horses and burros are under attack as never before.
It’s hard to even fathom that the widescale slaughter of tens of thousands of these beautiful wild animals could happen in America, but please make your voices heard – and tell your legislators that YOU don’t agree. Our wild ones are counting on us.
Yes, those are stormy clouds in the background, beyond Brumley Point and Sundance.
Lightning strikes caused at least two fires well south of the basin (called in) … and a few drops of rain fell across a seemingly isolated band of area in lower Disappointment Valley but, as far as I could tell, none in Spring Creek Basin. But maybe we’re getting closer to more widespread drops (though not according to the forecast).
If you’re camping and/or celebrating our nation’s Independence Day, please be careful.
Maia on the first day of July – hazy and breezy. Not a drop of rain fell in June this year.
Rednecks paint flames on their trucks. Mustangs paint flames on their hindquarters and sides … using strands of tail hair dipped in ponds. 🙂
Piedra – gorgeous, with or without flame streaks!
Filly Peak rarely gets the mention on this blog that Temple Butte and McKenna Peak do, yet it’s just as visible from many parts of Spring Creek Basin and lower Disappointment Valley.
This was a hazy, smoky day, but the mustangs didn’t mind at all.
The evening light in Disappointment Valley has been beautiful lately. By the time those shadows are stretching as far as possible, the air is cooling (though the gnats are not fading), and all you have to do is focus on how gorgeous is this part of the amazing world.
Lots of on-by walkin’ goin’ on these days. All the better to evade the gnats!
S’aka the mighty looks like a giant against Temple Butte and McKenna Peak. 🙂
Storm and Gaia take a quick pony nap in a rare bit of cloud-induced shade while Temple Butte and McKenna Peak are shining in the sunlight. Clouds are in short supply, and we relish every bit of shade that comes our way.
Big boy Comanche has a bit of a belly. Must be goooooooood livin’. 🙂
Actually, just down into an arroyo while crossing to the hill yonder. But it looks green, so we like it. 🙂
