More of the Mustangs

It was such a nice day yesterday that we went for a drive before work to where the wild mustangs herd was located about 20 miles outside of town. We went up the same dirt road turnoff that we previously took and drove about a mile in without seeing any horses at all. There was a herd of cattle grazing and lots of horse sign (road apples) along the way, but no horses. There was another vehicle coming out that I stopped and asked if they had seen any of the horses further in and they indicated that the only thing they saw were the cattle. Well, we were getting low on gas, so we decided to turn around and head back to town. Our binoculars are always in the car in case we see something and need to use them and it was a good thing we had  them yesterday. Just before leaving the area we spotted the herd about 2 miles away, standing on a hill that looked like it was fairly close to the highway. We headed east and sure enough, there they were standing on the edge of a cliff about 1/2 mile off the road:

As luck might have it, there was a small dirt road that went into this area a short distance down the highway. We went in, and although it wasn't the best or smoothest road, we could get a little closer to the herd:

At this point, our gas light came on and we were forced to turn around and leave. We aren't sure if we could have gotten much closer though since the dirt road ended and we would have had to "blaze" a trail to get closer. It's always nice to see the wild horses.

It's the "weekend" at last for us once again. We have planned a trip to Red Lodge Montana today with Karen and George. They are going to buy us lunch at a Chinese restaurant that they went to in Powell some time ago and, even though it is a little out of our way, we plan to eat lunch there around noon today before heading to Red Lodge. There is a beautiful and scenic highway that goes there called the Beartooth Pass highway that is about 10K feet high and suppose to be one of the most beautiful scenic highways in the country. Hopefully we will have some good photos from our day. It is another gorgeous day, so we expect to have clear views along the way. That's about it for today...