The Great Basin

Good morning Wyoming!  We got off to an early and wet start.  Everything had frost and condensation on it.  Initially we followed a river then crossed it and left it behind.  We are crossing the Great Basin and are beginning to see the occasional rocky outcropping.  

We hiked on the California trail, Semcoe cutoff and the Oregon trail for a good part of the day.  I tried to picture crossing by wagon train on this same path and concluded thru hiking is so much easier.  All of those animals and people polluting what little water sources there are out here would be rough.  We passed the Sweeteater river too, which I've read about in many a western book.  

A highlight of the day was coming upon a herd of wild horses.  There had to be at least a hundred.  We've camped on a rare flat sandy area above some water.  There have been several horses, mule deer, and antelope checking us out from a safe distance.  

They seem to be trying to decide if it's safe to come down to the water to drink. We did 27 miles today, our biggest day yet.