Spring Creek Basin Mustangs

Oh, yes, we see you, dark Shadow-girl!

Ty and Seneca look down a hill at Copper’s band. Behind them is the southern wall of Brumley Point.

Oh, how the heart does sing at the sight.

Gaia’s birthday was Earth Day. Every day in Spring Creek Basin is an opportunity to honor our planet and those who live upon it. Every day everywhere provides that opportunity.

Copper, Tesora and Puzzle strike classic mustang poses (“we’re watching you!”) below one of Spring Creek Basin’s iconic landmarks, Brumley Point. Brumley looks different (quite a bit different) depending on the angle from which you view it. My favorite view is the one with mustangs in the foreground. 🙂

Maiku achieves suspension during a chat with Ty – over a girl, naturally.

See the white bits around Mysterium? Nooo, those aren’t gnats (hopefully they froze). They’re itty bitty flakes of snow.

It wasn’t much to wet the soil (or the horses), but that night, lower Disappointment Valley got rain, and the tops of some landforms in Spring Creek Basin (Filly Peak, Flat Top, Round Top, Brumley Point) got snow. The eastern ridges definitely got snow. From a little higher than mid-valley comes a report of a couple of inches of snow, and at Groundhog Reservoir (southeast of Spring Creek Basin and 1,000 or so feet higher), a report of about 3 inches of snow. A nice little spring snowfall.

Corazon looks plenty stout, doesn’t he? He’s a mature band stallion, exact age unknown.

Now look at him next to almost-7-year-old Storm. 🙂

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In good news, Disappointment Valley and Spring Creek Basin got moisture! It looked like snow, but it felt more like rain. It barely dampened the top layer of soil, but rain came in the night. The earth says “ahhhhhhh”!

Terra was having a windy-day hair day with hazy McKenna Peak and Temple Butte in the background.

Snow and rain is in the local forecast. Flurries flew over the basin yesterday but didn’t even wet the soil.

C’mon, rain. You know you want to soak and seep and make mud.

Shadow against smoky haze. We’re looking for relief from always-sunny skies, but smoke wasn’t really what we had in mind. Fortunately, the dreaded wind has cleared away the smoke, but rain would do the job in a much more welcome way!