There’s a video making the rounds right now that I can’t shake. A woman stands with a horse on a lead rope. A pan of feed sits on the ground a few feet ahead. She backs toward it a couple of steps with the horse following, then shifts her body and “opens a path” like…
If you’ve ever packed for a ride where the next town is “whenever we get there,” you know the feeling: the quiet panic of forgetting one tiny thing that becomes a big thing later. This word search is a peek into that “packing the quiet miles” list mindset—horses, humans, weather, and the little gear that…
There’s a moment in mustang work where everything gets quiet and your mustang is standing there thinking, and you can feel the decision happening behind liquid chocolate eyes. They begin to realize that they aren’t trapped; they can say no, and they can even leave instead of doing what’s being asked. That’s the moment I’m…
Some routes look clean on a map—straight lines, tidy turns, a beginning and an end you can tap with a fingertip. Ours doesn’t.The Quiet Miles route spine starts at the desert edge in San Luis, Arizona. From there we reach for the California coast, swing inland toward Devil’s Garden, climb into the high country around…
I didn’t plan on building a long-ride project. I just wanted a Devil’s Garden mustang—then Lagertha and Floki rewrote the whole story. This is where Fading Hoofbeats begins.
How to play: Match each Signal (1–12) to the best Meaning (A–L).(Just one letter per number.)Note: Mustang language is body language, and it is contextual—this puzzle is for learning patterns, not “diagnosing” a horse. Click to reveal the answer key Answer Key K D L C E F H G I J A B Trail…
Salt flats, red rock, and two-tracks that turn to gumbo. Utah wild horse and burro country is a study in contrasts—salt desert and sage basins near the Wasatch, wind-scoured mountain ranges in the West Desert, and red-rock canyonlands where burros travel between water and rock ledges like they own the place. This guide is a…
Floki didn’t have to choose me. But he did—and that changed everything. Why people love mustangs: because when a wild horse chooses you—really chooses you—it feels like belonging. There’s a kind of closeness you can earn with most horses—through time, consistency, good hands, and the steady comfort of being a familiar part of their world….
If you’re new here, Fading Hoofbeats is the long ride I’m planning with my two wild-born mustangs—Devil’s Garden Lagertha and McGavin Peak Floki. We’re still in the early “figuring each other out” chapter, and this is one of my favorite heart horse stories from that beginning. I didn’t pick my heart horse. In fact, the…
Colorado’s wild horses live out on the far western slope, in country that’s more sagebrush than ski resort. Out there, bands move along ridgelines, disappear into piñon–juniper draws, and sometimes graze close enough to the road that you can hear them cropping grass. This Colorado Wild Horse & Burro Guide pulls together the four Colorado…