Today was spent entirely in the Basin. The weather was iffy, so we didn’t go to far from camp. We did see a lot of horses on Lookout Mountain, and a few bands came into Copper Pond.

Karen is a brilliant artist. She wanted to paint a horse from life, and Meteor and his bachelor band obliged us by standing still for an hour. It was uncanny, and almost as if they knew she was painting a portrait. The storm over the Bears Ears also held off as well. The horses: Mr. Kitty (grey), Astro (black), Orion (bay), Coronado (dark/liver chestnut pinto), Remington (chestnut), Meteor (palomino pinto). Our family named Orion when he was a wee colt, 2014.

Finally, I rescued a Prairie Rattlesnake off the road this morning. The weather has been cooler l, and they are sunning on the road to warm up. Under no circumstances should you attempt this yourself; we carry a snake hook and I know how to use it.

We move the snake because they are inadvertently killed because they blend in with the road, or deliberately killed because some people are butt heads. Either way, the little fella is safe off the road.

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The day ended with a rainbow and some beautiful light over the Bears Ears. Good night all!