The end of June marked to completion of the first ride of the season, which we dubbed the "Wyoming Wildflower Ride", as the blossoms of the many high desert and mountain wildflowers finally had a chance to open up to the sunshine that seemed to take forever to get here this spring. The colors were beautiful and the contrasts were vivid against the grass-green of the meadows and the sage-green of the brush country.
Our riders on this trip were several gals who have a Blue Sky Sage addiction to the horses, the open range and the whole Wyoming experience; some were on their fourth consecutive ride, one on her third and we had two new gals. The three "addicts" have already booked into the 2010 Fall Color Ride, so they can say they've been here every month of the season at least once. These women are all great riders and the two newbies fit in very well. This photo was taken on the day we went up the many "loping roads" to the Bridger-Teton National Forest boundary near Dutch Joe Creek in the Wind River range.This week is the first Mustang Horse Adventure; horses were spotted and Mike led the group to within 200 yards of one band that had many foals. There is water in scattered ponds where there usually isn't out in the area we go into, so the bands seem to be very scattered this year. The riders are back on the trail out there today, hopefully they were able to get farther out with the trailer load of saddle horses to a better jumping-off spot, as the rains had made the road very muddy and rutted the last trek out there. Will let you know how it all turns out during my next writing. For now, it's back to camp to tend saddle horses and do morning chores, since my "hilltop internet session" is about done for this week.
