There is a cool old cabin where we stage (below)
It looks like someone has redone the corral (below)
Gettin' ready (below)
Off in the distance we saw a trail of dust. A truck you ask? No, a herd of running horses! Imagine that, we didn't even have to drive anywhere, they were right there at the staging area.(below)
We hopped in the UTV's and drove up the road and intersected the horses on their jaunt. Check out the video below:
We continued on, down the road that goes on forever! (below)
We came up onto Pizona Spring. Quite the green wonderland out in the dry desert! (below)
We came up on Upper Pizona Spring, pretty overgrown at times, but pretty (below)
Next we came into McNamara Lake which is usually dry (below)
Shortly after we came into McBride flat. What a nice area! (below)
There's an old windmill out there, doesn't look like it's been used for awhile (below)
A house of some sort out at McBride Spring (below)
Looking back across McBride Flat towards the Sierra Nevada mountain range. We hung out a for a few minutes and chased some Chuckar (below)
After a quick break, we continued onto Sagehen Springs and had lunch (below)
A few remnants of days past left out there (below)
We left and headed down towards Truman Meadows. This is descending looking south towards Upper Truman Meadows (below)
Down in the Truman Spring (below)
Taking a quick break (below)
Beautiful day out there! (below)
Montgomery and Boundary Peak in the back (below)
Here a pack station stages their horses (below)
Check out this natural rock wall! (below)
We headed up through the rest of Truman Meadows and back towards Sagehen. While we were driving safe, it looks like someone had a minor 'oopsies' at some point prior (below)
I really liked this tree (below)
A teepee ring from people long ago (below)
Awesome clouds! (below)
We started looping back as it was getting late. Here we are looking down on McBride Flat (below)
The lead Rhino was moving across McBride Flat when we noticed a trail of dust coming from the left. 6 wild mustangs at full sprint crossing the flat, directly on a collision course with the Rhino. The Rhino stopped 15 yards short and watched in awe as wild horses raced by directly in front of them. (below, horses on left, Rhino dust trail on right)
We drove back through Pizona and tried to imagine who lived in this old structure (below)
We finally reached the trucks after 50 miles of exploration. Some horses were still out in the valley. (below)
We loaded up and bid farewell to the horses until next time. We had another great trip down in the books!
1 comment:
Hiya! Love the photos here. I am about 2 1/2 hrs south of Benton. I want to bring my horse up to Pizona in about a month to camp and photo the wild horses. Do you think I can get a living quarters horse trailer up to where you staged? It is about 30 ft long, but part of that is over the bed of the truck as a gooseneck. I have 4x4 but don't much like using it with my trailer. Thanks for your time!
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