Horses, Fishes, and Rocky Trails*

A narrative and slide show of our horse packing trip into the Popo Agie Wilderness.

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Jeff (Alferd Packer)Williams

Richard (Jim Bridger) Bell

Keith (Bill Tyler) Ledford

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Sarah

My horse

A bay mare that stands about 16 hands and has serious issues!!   Actually, she's really a great horse but has emotional problems when seperated from the rest of the herd.

As seen in this photo, she hates having a halter on and will do everything possible to remove it.

Peacock

Jeff's Horse

There isn't much to say about Peacock.  That's because he was a very sure footed horse with no known personality quirks.  He was affectionate and willing to go most anywhere with out trouble.

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Pete (alias: Tangle)

Pack Horse

This is a bad picture of Pete since he was eating (surprise, surprise, that's what he always did and ultimately how he earned his name).  Pete had a tendency to try to eat along the trail.  When his head was down grabbing a bite, he would take a step forward.  Several times he managed to get a front leg through his lead rope.  At this point he would spook and well, you get the picture.

Shane

Keith's Horse

Shane is a dunn.  He was our lead horse and was so good and sure footed that I think Keith probably took a couple of naps along the way.  Just kidding, but Shane was a good lead horse, very little input involved.

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Navigator

Pack Horse #2

Navigator was a good pack horse.  We thought he was going to be a problem at first.  He didn't particularly like getting loaded up the first morning but after that he ended up being a pretty good horse.  He did have a tendency to be a little stubborn (he even looks a little bit like a mule).  Occasionaly he would want to head off in his own direction instead of the way he was being led.

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