Joshua Forest Scenic Road Arizona Horse Encounter
We took a trip to explore the Joshua Tree Forest along Arizona Joshua Forest Scenic Road to capture the beauty of this area. To our surprise, three beautiful horses made an appearance out of the forest.
When you hear the term Joshua Tree, you might think of the Joshua Tree National Forest in southern California. California has the greatest concentrations of Joshua Trees; however, Arizona also has three Joshua Tree forests; one of which is located between Wickenburg and Wikiup on US 93.
On a very nice spring day, we decided to head up US 93 to explore this area. We arrived late in the afternoon to get the late-day sunlight to bring out the colors of the desert.
This area is unique because US 93 crosses the boundary between the Sonoran and the Mohave deserts, so this is the only area where you can see Saguaro cactus and Joshua Trees in the same area.
As we were setting up to take some shots of the forest and the mountains in the background, we were surprised by three horses making their way toward us out of the forest.
The first horse to appear was this amazing Sorrel.
She paused long enough for us to get a photograph of her with flowers in the front and Joshua Trees in the background.
Close behind the Sorrel was an equally remarkable bay horse. These two paired up to give us this great photograph.
Last to appear was this amazing all-black horse.
Teresa captured her as she was just emerging from the forest.
All three horses were very friendly and trotted up to the fence to see what we were doing.
Once they realized we did not have any treats, they disappeared into the forest as quickly as they had appeared.
There are some ranches in the area, but none seemed to be close, so we do not know where they call home, but we enjoyed the time we spent together.
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