A Visit from Tara 3/11/10

Hello all! Just wanted to share some great photos of Iceman from Thursday. Iceman had a very special visitor, an old friend of his from his range days...Tara Kilpatrick. Tara is a photographer from Sandy Valley who has been following the wild ones of the Red Rock HMA for nearly 10 years. She has had the privilege of knowing our Iceman since his birth, and has taken many of the wonderful photos from the range that we have shared with you on this blog. Tara snapped a few pictures of Eric and Sharil, but the best two photos are of her and Iceman.

It was so nice to see them together, and we hope that Iceman does remember her from those days. Tara would spend hours out there watching and photographing the horses and burros...sometimes even singing while she did it. It is such a wonderful feeling to know that Tara has been out there on the "front lines" watching over our wild ones (both pre and post gathers), confirming their well being and survival, and providing us with an awesom herd history and assisting the NWHA and BLM with journal and photo documentation.

This was an extremely special day for Tara, as we are sure it was for Iceman....he was so relaxed while in her company and seemed to be daydreaming of his wild days while she sang to him once again.

Thank you, Tara, for all that you do!