Stare into the near horizon and you'll visualize the wild mustangs galloping along the mesa top. We let our eyes feast on this view in 2006. We were newly married, exploring this world together. . .

Where The Wild Mustangs Roamed

Legend has it this point was used as a natural corral for wild mustangs. Cowboys rounded up these horses, herded them across the narrow neck of land leading on to the point (seen along the middle of my photograph). The neck, which is only 30 yards wide, was then fenced off with branches and brush. The cowboys then hand selected their horses, letting the rest run free. One time, for an unknown reason, horses were left corralled on the waterless point where they died of thirst within view of the Colorado River - just 2000 feet below.

Exact location: Dead Horse Point State Park, Elevation 5,900 feet