Observing horses in the wild is an incredible, even life changing, experience.
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| Beautiful wild family, photo taken July 2010. |
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August 20th, 2010
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| Rounded up and removed from their wild home. photo from BLM website |
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| Never to return. photo from BLM website |
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| August 21st, the day after they were captured. |
It is difficult to explain how another being can "communicate" over the distances without really even knowing the other but during the months these two were at the corrals I could feel what was happening to them. I felt their presence constantly, some days it was accompanied by a racing heart, a headache, sometimes even coughing, but
I was fine. We waited to find out who would be released and who would be up for adoption, still not planning to bring anyone home (in our minds), but no word from the corrals. We went to visit a couple times to see how they all were fairing and each time there were fewer horses. Where do they go?
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| October 8th |
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| October 8th |
Time passed and we knew they would wean the babies soon so more correspondence with the corrals, they said everyone is doing very well.
More time passed and it became urgent, I knew the baby was sick and we needed to go get them NOW.
We, along with our friend, went back to the high desert and adopted these horses we came to know in the wild...
The date, November 24th, 2010
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| Mt Shasta in the early morning as we headed out for Litchfield CA WH&B Corrals |
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| Temperatures dipped well below zero as we made our way. Yes, we are still in CA! |
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| Nearing the corrals. |
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| View behind the corrals. |
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| The weanlings. Our baby is the little red behind in the center. |
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| 1 to 3 year olds. |
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| Reunited! |
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| Tiny girl. |
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| Removing neck tag. |
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| Loading up. Momma went straight into the trailer, no plastic bag flogging required. |
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| The babies right behind. |
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| Don't forget me! |
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| Now what? |
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| Adopt a Wild Horse or Burrow |
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| Heading home, Mt Shasta in the distance. |
For us it turned out to be even more than experiencing the thrill, power and beauty of nature, we have adopted two new family members.
