I had to get out of the house the other day. The husband took the daughter too the museum so I had some free time! Yay!! I had heard there were mustangs in the area and I always wanted to go find them.
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| I took this road for what seemed like forever. I know I was on it at least 20 miles! |
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| After about 10 miles I passed some ruins. It was an old abandoned mining town that was built in 1906 |
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| Some house ruins |
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| After I passed the windmill I spotted a mustang on the hillside |
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| See him?? |
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| Then I spotted some more! They spotted me too! |
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| They stood there and stared at me for a long time trying to decide if they were going to run away or not |
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| Then they seemed to get a little more comfortable |
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| Its a pregnant mare and stallion |
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| He got tired me watching them so he herded her away |
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The road got more interesting from there. There were some big rock cliffs on the side of the road.
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I found some petroglyphs!
Here is another one but I am sure someone from the old mining town carved it. The date they carved in it was 1916. I like the woman's head with the bun in her hair.
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| There was another herd of mustangs but they were farther away. It appeared to be an older stallion with some mares and yearlings. One of the yearlings was having a good time scratching her back on a low branch of this juniper. |
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| This little filly was cute! |
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| What a beautiful mustang! |
I could have stayed all day watching the mustangs but it was getting dinner time and I had to head home. Even the scenery I saw as I was driving out of there was beautiful.
Goodbye mustangs. I will definitely be back!
