Coal Mine Basin
South of Marsing
Hosted by "Hot to Trot" Rita and Darell
and their trusty steeds Ricki and Chica

A beautiful spring ride! A few sprinkles and some sun, lots of blooming wildflowers,
beautiful scenery, water on the trail, and great food and visiting after the ride! Nice job Hot to Trot.

Desert Phlox (Phlox austromontana – Polemoniaceae)

What are you staring so intently at, Scotty?

Oh, Kathryn on an evening walk with her dogs.

Phlox (Kathryn's photo)

Some kind of Agoseris (Agoseris heterophylla maybe) aka false dandelion (Kathryn's photo)

(Kathryn's photo)

Kathryn finding #1 (Kathryn's photo)

(Kathryn's photo)

Camp from #1

Several people coming to find #1

A different view of camp

Christine and Cindie (Christine's photo)

It was windy, so I put my coffee and breakfast in the back of the trailer...
that is also where the port-a-potty is - LOL! (Christine's photo)

Barry and Bit

First team out: "We Made It" Tony on Misty and Holly on Mia

"Die Hards" Candy on Sissy and Mike on Jimmy

(Christine's photo)

"No Bucks Given" Melissa on Piper and Josh on Roxanne

"The Psycho Sisters" Kathy on Lina and Natalie on Cinco and "Happy Trails" Robin on Scotty

"Faithful Diehards" Mellissa and Sue on foot

"Lucky Ladies" Kathryn (on DaVinci) and Kathy (on Bridger)

Bob on Teddy and Riquel on Tumbleweed

"Zipper Lips" Barry (on Bit), Raina (on Dually) and Paty (on Honey)

"Dirty Ol' Outlaws" Michael on Jackson, Shannon on Legend, and Helen on Levi

"Granola Horse Girls" Emily on Aris and Janelle on Denali

"Wild Mustangs" Wendy on Dorito and Jesse on Sage

"Double Trouble" Shelly on Sunny and Kelly on Boo

"Renegades" Christine on Maverick and Lee on Radar

Beautiful Scenery!

So many wildflowers! Arrowleaf Balsamroot (Balsamorhiza sagittata)

(Kathy's photo)

(Kathryn's photo)

(Kathy's photo)

(Kathy's photo)

Lupine

Arrowleaf Balsamroot and lupine

Candy and Mike heading down to #5 (Kathy's photo)

Riders heading to #2

Heading down to #5

Beautiful wildflowers and neat outcrops!

(Kathy's photo)

(Kathy's photo)

Mike and Candy at #5

Interesting moss (at #5)

(Christine's photo)

(Kathy's photo)

(Kathy's photo)

Several places to water the horses (Christine's photo)

(Christine's photo)

It's kind of hard to tell, but the hills are yellow with all the balsamroot blooming!

(Kathryn's photo)

(Kathryn's photo)

I went cross country straight up the draw from #4 to the road, but I should have gone up this draw
(it looked pretty steep - though the picture doesn't show it)

If I would have gone up here, I would have run into Barry, Raina, and Patty

I found lots of benchmarks/survey markers on this ride!

Some are also called brass caps

The hill is yellow with balsamroot blooming

I'm the only one that went up the road

Everyone else came down the road (Christine's photo)

(Christine's photo)

(Christine's photo)

Another one near #3

(Christine's photo)

White Mule's Ears (Wyethia helianthoides)

Here come Christine and Lee

(Christine's photo)

(Christine's photo)

Looking down into Coal Mine Basin between #2 and #3

So many blooming wildflowers! (Lupine, Balsamroot, and Phlox)

Kathryn and Kathy way down below!

Camp in the distance

(Christine's photo)

Another brass cap

(Christine's photo)

DaVinci checking out the cone

Yay, we made it!

What are you looking at, Scotty?

Ah, Granola Horse Girls

First Place: "Zipper Lips"

Second Place: "Renegades"

Christine "threatening" to cut Lee's throat with the bot egg knife - HaHa!

Third Place: "No Bucks Given" (left before awards)

Fourth Place: "Wild Mustangs"

Fifth Place: "We Made It"

Sixth Place: "Happy Trails"

"Lucky Ladies"

Bob and Riquel

"Die Hards"

"Faithful Diehards"

Stasia and Wendy

"Dirty Ol' Outlaws"

"Granola Horse Girls"

Scotty - Beautiful even when he's dirty (I might be biased, though)

Lava/Grag/Alpine Aster (Ionactis alpina)

Fleabane (Erigeron linearis)

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