Pryor Mountian Wild Mustangs

It has come to my attention that the BLM is going to cut the Pryor Mountain herd in half starting August 30th. You can read up on the Problems that the herd is facing at The Pryor Mountain Wild Mustang center and click on Links or News. You can click HERE and view a statement from the cloud foundation. I realize that their numbers have outgrown the habitat and they will starve without being weeded out. But there must be another way to help them without destroying them in the process. After witnessing their wild beauty yesterday, the thought of them being Killed to reduce the numbers makes my soul hurt.
Just look at their faces and tell me that they HAVE to die.
i don't believe it.
I never will.
Use the links and contacts to write and try to save these beautiful wild horses.
Keep in mind that some of the faces you see here will not "be" anymore by the end of August.

The road up is a beautiful as the Horses...
I couldn't decide but whittled it down to a couple hundredish.
I love it up there.
The horses
The scenery
just everything..

The horse flies were incredible. They would make the horses scream as they bit them.
They were even biting me on the top of my head. But not after I sprayed my head with bug spray. They really hurt when they bite.... OUCH!!

This little guy was attacked by something a little over a month ago, A gal I know photographed him when he was still all bloody. It's good to see he is doing well and gaining weight even though it's still looks awful.

A couple of very pregnant mares
I wish I could have stayed and watch them give birth. That would have been so cool.

The whole herd shifted from a small pond about 5 miles away to the top of the range. They all came running, the ones with the babies and babies to come where the last in the line.

A dirt bath to help get rid of the horrible biting flies

Teamwork

Oh Mom... Help me get the flies away......

SnowBoardin' the Beartooths

D took his son up to the beartooth to snowboard a little. Most of the snow was gone but that didn't stop them from finding a small patch so slide down. They only went once cuz the snow was sloppy and wet, But it was a good time anyway.

The Best Place on earth

I think I may have found the most beautiful place on earth.. I've been there before but this place struck me differently in the last couple of days. I took a road trip up there Yesterday and was drawn back up there today. The sky was darker today but it was just as beautiful.
The area is speckled with small and large ranches, the biggest being the Switch Back Ranch,, I don't even know how many miles that place covers. Probably most of Carbon County.
The grass is so high and green that most of the time all I saw of the deer were their ears poking up.
I sat and watched the grass as it waved in the wind and watched as the dark clouds rolled across the sky.
I listened to the sounds of frogs and crickets and meadowlarks filling the air
The air was fresh and clean
if I could ,,,, I would live there.