Wild Horses in Spring.

We enter Sundre, surrounded by the Canadian Rocky Mountains of Alberta, Canada, on our way to our first camping trip of the year.

Limestone Mountain's gravel road, with the snow-capped Rockies in the background.

Our first sighting of the wild horses on Crown Land.

Wild Horses in Spring.

We spent several days boondocking once more, close to one of our favourite locations, Limestone Mountain in Alberta, Canada. It should be noted that to camp on Alberta Crownland, one presently needs a Public Lands Camping Pass.

Here and there, there were still spots of snow.

We adore the sound of the river beside our campsite.

Cold, clean water.

For the first few days, the weather was ideal for the season.

Adjacent to our campsite, a creek empties into the river.

Erik is wearing goggles.

Erik has his own chair

We use a homemade windshield and heat reflector for the fire pit, made using diamond tread aluminium sheets and piano hinges.
Idea from THE ORIGINAL FIRE REFLECTOR from Big Tent Outdoors. Click here for more information
Hubby attached legs to one of the aluminium sheets to put over the fire, which reflects the heat from above and acts as a heat shield. We also tried out a new portable fire pit made from mild steel, and it worked well.

We stayed up till late at night and saw many stars and satellites. The Jayco Baja has LED awning lights.

 

  “WHOAS estimates there’s approximately 900 wild horses across Alberta with the majority of the wild horse population hanging out in and around the Sundre / west-central Alberta region. Literally, you can just drive west of Sundre and you’ll find wild horses in fields and grazing along the highways all over the place!”- Sundre.

“Our study involving the samples from Wild Horses, submitted by volunteer donors has revealed some extremely interesting results. Here’s what we do know. Our horses here in Alberta, are not of “Canadian Horse” decent, such as the ones studied by the same researchers in the Brittany Triangle, in B.C.. However, the most interesting connection is that just like the horses in the Chilcoltins, both studies show a connection to Russian breeds. The B.C. horses show markers indicating a connection to the Yakut, from Siberia, and our horses here in Alberta, are showing strong markers indicating a connection to the Altai, breed from Russia.”– Help Alberta Wildies

“The term boondocking, also known to RV enthusiast as dispersed camping, dry camping or coyote camping, is used to describe camping in the midst of nature without the use of commercial campgrounds and hookups.” – Boondocking guide

One morning, we awoke to snow and freezing rain.

It was really chilly.

We made the decision to head home after waiting for the snow to melt.

On the way back, we spotted White-tailed Deer.

"Among all large animals in Canada, white-tailed deer are the most widely dispersed and the most numerous. They are also increasingly found near urban areas due to human encroachment into their habitats and new, attractive vegetation, so it is not uncommon for people to come across white-tails." - Wildlife road sharing.

We also saw many more wild horses. You might also like: Wild Horses in Fall.