McCullough Peaks

We spent 3 days in McCullough Peaks. The view from our camper was incredible and the silence was like something you can never experience in a city or even a small town. There is something about sitting there enjoying the view and just hearing birds sing and the wind blow. We arrived ahead of schedule because I did not look at the calendar and just thought the 27th was Wednesday. So we rushed to make sure we arrived when our camping buddies were due to arrive. Needless to say they arrived a day later.

While we waited we searched for the wild mustangs that roam this land. McCullough Peaks is made up of 25,000+ acres of BLM land. We had spent a couple days out here last year when we went to Yellowstone. So we were pros now. We headed out to the “usual” spots that we saw horses but, funny how that works. You go one time and think you know it all. It took a while but we finally found some. First we found 3 horses hanging out not far from our camp. We are assuming those are the ones that visited us the night before. Then we roamed all over the property and we saw about 7 in the very far distance. While trying to figure out how to get to those horses, we discovered more than 30 horses much closer to us. We found our way to them and I had a ball.

Driving around McCullough Peaks is really hard work. The roads are rough–I had to purchase a sports bra- there are all kind of ruts and steep hills and scary slopes. But it is still fun. You have to stay on the paths that are there so it makes it difficult to get where you have to go.

Judy an Mike finally arrived about 9:00 PM Thursday night. They had had a long three or four days of traveling. They were hungry and tired. We threw some hot dogs in a pan (because it is so windy you can’t keep the grill going), while Mike and Judy set up their camp. After their quick dinner we toasted with some “blush” sparkling juice. (Apple and cherry which was really delicious)

The next morning we set out to find some horses. . .

I won’t bore you with the 400+ pictures I took. There were some times they were just too close to get pictures. At one point Judy and I wandered up the road to get a better angle and we took some shots and started talking when we heard John screaming to move. Three horses were coming right at us. I never moved so fast–ok that’s a lie. I moved much faster in my younger days. When I run now, I don’t move faster I just seem to put a bounce in my steps. John can always tell when I am running because my boobs bounce. That’s the only difference between my walk and run. Anyway, I didn’t even watch for cactus–luckily I didn’t step on any. I wish John had a picture of that. Later that night we went back to see if we could get some more pictures and that large group totally disappeared. We couldn’t find them anywhere. It’s amazing how fast they can disappear.

It was a great time–just love this place–but we are headed out. Next stop Glacier National Park.