Wild Horses Pryor Mountains Montana

Sorry I haven't posted for a long time. I've been swamped! We were out working on "The Dirt Ranch" in August. This is a day trip into the Pryor Mountains which are just a few miles away from our place. I have a ton of pictures to post so will add them every so often.

These horses are incredible. This was just before the round up. They were to capture about 60 wild horse to be auctioned off for adoption. Our neighbor has 2 from several years ago and was thinking of getting 2 more. Haven't heard what she did yet. They actually have all the wild horses accounted for, named and which ones they will capture specifically.

It's a rough road to get here but well worth the trip. I will post pictures of the wild road back down the mountain (we took a different way down). It was the wildest road my husband or I have ever been on. 3 hours to travel 10 miles! No kidding! Slight damage to the truck but nothing that can't be fixed!

If you click on the photo you will see a much nicer image but be sure to click the back button to get back to the main blog.

Fawn

No....this does not belong here. But I couldn't resist. I took this out our living room window in Minnesota. The mother just went over the hill before I took this shot. We are surrounded by deer and wild turkeys here, I will miss this when we move to WY. A few days after this I was sitting in the front yard and I suddenly noticed the fawn again. I sat very still. Out of curiosity he slowly approached me. He dared get as close as 15 feet, then sniffed the air a little and slowly walked away.

Heart Mountain

Heart Mountain, just south of Powell and east of Cody.

Wyoming Rest Stop

We came across this 'rest stop' in the Big Horns Mountains one day. We thought it was rather amusing.

Lizard

I caught this little guy catching some sun on a rock. These guys are all over the place. Luckily I like lizards.

Trailer of goodies

I laugh when I see this picture. This is fall of 2005 when we came out for a short time. May as well bring a load! Our canoe, old plow, old cast iron radiator (might use it in the house) and my Grandma's old Maytag. They still are the best washing machines as far as I'm concerned! Yes, I intend to use it again!

Wyoming Friends

Our good Wyoming friends Doug and Joan at their home on the lake.


I accidently bumped into Doug while on our ATV out on the BLM land when I was looking for old cow skulls. We hit it off immediatly, he led me to a ranchers big pile of old bones (I got 19 cow skulls...quit a find for this old bone collector). Doug met my husband and I then met Joan and we all became good friends. You can't ask for better friends!

Good Neighbors

I don't how we got so lucky but we have the best neighbors in Wyoming that anyone could possibly have. Here are 2 of my favorites on their Gator, Neil and Ruth.

Before we bought this little piece of Wyoming, we were coming down the mountain heading west towards town. I pointed to a small clump of Cottonwood trees and said to my husband "That's where I want to live, that clump of trees". Well we ended up directly behind that clump of trees and Neil and Ruth are the owners of that clump of trees! How could we get so lucky!!!!

Forest Fire...Summer 2007

The reason for all of the smoke in many of the photos of the barn. After the crew was finished we took a trip up the mountain and found the source of the smoke! We sat and watched it burn for awhile, it sure does move fast with no wind. Hard to believe this can cause so much smoke for so far.

Pole Barn...Summer 2007

Getting the doors on. All it needs is the floor!