Wild Mustangs of Wyoming

I often feel very humbled, and grateful that I can spend time with our wild horses of the west. To camp amongst them for days is a privilege not everyone can enjoy. Al and I started camping with the wild ones years ago, when we first discovered the wild horses in 2016. Since then, we have formed a twice yearly tradition with our friends spending time on America’s public land, with our wild horses.

Wyoming is a great place to see wild mustangs, and one area we enjoy is Salt Wells. We just spent a week there, enjoying the beautiful scenery, abundant wildlife, and of course wild horses.

I can not even begin to describe how vast this area really is. At over 1 million acres, it’s almost impossible to wrap your head around it all. We’ve only seen a small fraction of the area, and it’s wide open incredibleness.

The horses who call this area home are gorgeous. Big, burly, healthy, and I’m sure happy.

Palominos are quite common, and one morning it was the palomino show. These three stallions were chasing, and tussling with each other, and any other takers they could find.

Like watching sunshine run across the landscape.

This is an incredibly cute fuzzy foal, and his older brother.

 

Brother was so patient with him, and obviously didn’t mind him hanging around and snuggling.

There were certainly some cute new foals. This little one couldn’t have been more than a day or two. We saw quite a few this size, and some mares gave birth when we were there. Pregnant one day, foal the next.

And some who had been born earlier in the spring. Gotta love the birds too.

I always have to wonder what these tiny ones are thinking of their new world.

Of course the curlies take the prize in the cute department.

Have to keep up, right from the start.

All the stallions were big and healthy. But this guy was HUGE!

Burly dude for sure!

And, just a random assortment of beautiful horses.

Most everyone knows that this entire area is slated to be completely zeroed out of wild horses, which makes absolutely zero sense. We saw elk, deer, and tons of pronghorn. Clearly there is enough space, food, and water for everyone to live in this place. But wait…..add in all the cattle that will be trucked in soon and the greedy “ranchers” who think they own every blade of grass out there, and it’s not good for the wild horses. There is a lawsuit pending to stop this, and I hope with all my heart it goes for the horses.

The future of our wild places, and all wildlife is in great peril. The current administration wants to sell our public land off, and this will be nothing but disaster for the wildlife, and our public land. Future generations will not have the chance to see, and experience the things that we take for granted.

I have a lot more images to share from this trip, and I’ll write another post soon. In the mean time, I hope you enjoyed these photos of our wild mustangs, on our public land.