Originally mentor Joyce "Burro" North was going to make the run to Ridgecrest with us and
haul the burros and we would bring back the horses. Unfortunately she had some repair issues with her truck!
We were able to borrow a trailer from wild horse adopter Cheryl Fraschieri
and Toby Marroquin pulled it with his new pickup that only had about 140 miles
on it! (What a way to break in a new pickup... a 1300 mile trip and a load
of burros!)
The Ridgecrest facility was impressive. They had spacious accommodations for
hundreds of horses and burros, and even one overweight mule! We drove out into
the corrals in a John Deere Gator and most of the animals seemed hardly disturbed
by our presence. Some even came up and investigated us. It was apparent that
the animals were well treated and that the BLM staff wasn't causing them any
undue stress.
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The facility is too large to photograph.
This view shows about ten percent of it.
Horses loaded and ready to go
Loading the burros
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