
Oh, lovely Alegre, how we do love the wind in your hair.

Oh, lovely Alegre, how we do love the wind in your hair.

Maiku was just grazing along … and at just the right moment, he raised his head long enough for a perfect pic of Spring Creek Basin with the La Sal Mountains in the background.
The day was perfect, and, as the saying goes, life is good!

Shadow may be as wide as she is tall.

Here’s another, closer look at Hollywood’s most excellent leg stripes.
This fantastic stallion represents introduced blood/genetics – his mother came to us from Sand Wash Basin. We’re pretty happy to have him. 🙂

Hayden and Cassidy Rain take an early evening nap in the wind and sunshine. That’s Brumley Point in the distance.

Blame it on the wind that blew Juni right into Myst’s super exciting (as you can see) photo shoot.
But I love the way they frame the bottom of a heart around two of Spring Creek Basin’s most beloved landmarks: McKenna Peak and Temple Butte. (That’s salt coming through the soil on McKenna Peak’s eroded flanks; that’s lingering snow higher in the P-J woods of Temple Butte’s ridgeline.)

Can there be a hunkier stallion? Of course – in wild herds all across the West! But he’s one of Spring Creek Basin’s hunks, and we love him. 🙂

Sweet Shane on a typically windy day in Spring Creek Basin.

Jaunty, shaggy, feisty, muddy pinto pony! Some of the horses seem nearly fully shed out; others still are long-haired. All in good time.
Disappointment Valley and Spring Creek Basin got an awesome soaker of a rain system Friday and a little more Saturday evening, so presumably the ponies are even muddier – and the seeps and springs and ponds are even fuller! We are relieved and grateful that the “omega block” brought much-needed moisture to our corner of the world!
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Also in the grateful category, thanks to Kat Wilder and to Suzanne Roy of American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign for posting the first in Kat’s series of “Mustang Tales: Bringing the Reader to the Range”! This first post records our meeting with Jen Maramonte and Suzanne last summer in Spring Creek Basin, where we were privileged to introduce them to the range and to several bands of our amazing mustangs. 🙂
Suzanne and the AWHPC team work tirelessly to keep advocates informed about threats to our wild horses and burros, as well as highlighting the good work being done by countless volunteers across the West (and elsewhere). Kat is working on a variety of “tales,” in a variety of formats, to highlight challenges faced by – and successes made by – advocates and BLM managers on behalf of the now-wild equines whose ancestors were instrumental in developing this country.
Join Kat on the (digital) range with the mesteños!