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Pacific Crest mustangs demonstrate unity
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Posted by editor Mon Apr 3, 2006 15:37:30 PDT
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2 responses 0 comments Last week Al “Pat” Aronson and I were stomping the hills along the Pacific Crest Trail that stretch back toward Oak Creek Canyon. We crested a rise and low and behold, the elusive wild horses of Oak Creek Canyon were before us.

After we stopped starring and our jaws went back into place, we were surprised that the horses had not vanished. The herd of nearly all black or dark mustangs held in place.

As Pat and I looked south along the fence line, we noticed two horses stranded on the other side of the fence; we realized that the herd did not want to leave anyone behind. Pat and I continued to hike up the trail, snapping pictures of the magnificent equines. Suddenly the stallion leader and a couple of his friends started up toward us on our side of the fence.

While not threatening, they were obviously not pleased with our presence. I began to speak at them loudly and they stopped, looked at the crazy humans and turned back down the hill. Pat shook his head at me and we continued on.
Reflecting back to the experience, it lends to the oft-heard saying “you never know what you may run into hiking around Tehachapi.”

Happy trails.

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