Our adventuring out from our ranch has led to more epic discoveries.
These cairns are pretty cool!
Yet another epic beaver dam not damming anything. (And sorry, Eagle. I was too lazy to switch to the kayak.)
Our first October wild of note is this minimal tobiano pony, Snappy. We actually found her on a mail run, not while exploring.
Even though Snappy is on the taller end for a pony, Pepsi looks awkward riding her.
On her left side, the one you can't see in any of the above shots, her spots have cute freckles inside. =)
When I heard other players calling them creepy, I was puzzled. How can a snowman be creepy? Once I saw one, however, I understood. XD
I think they're even creepier by night.
How appropriate that we found this guy to the south of our ranch!
...and the big guy paces!
She looks sort of like a curly-coated, less awkward Topi.
Her genetic stat total is quite good...
...and while nowhere near as speedy as Topi, her performance metrics aren't bad.
Hmm, it's not that bad, right?
Our adventuring turned quite chilly for a while as we continued to head south: lots of ice and snow. Pepsi and Taurus found our first ice castle epic:
And Pepsi and Nessie found our first snowman epic:
We found out that pink isn't limited to black sands water features on HI3. From time to time we've come upon random - but pretty - pink ice features.
Our more skittish horses are not big fans of ice. Nessie, Clorox, and Solveig all eventually became too scared to keep going!
Many wild equines call the ice and snow biomes home, though. The ice-dwellers tend to be quite small and sometimes hide behind icy ridges.
Snowy regions are so hilly that even though snowy wilds tend to be huge, the often also hide well. Prime example: this cluster of 6 were hidden on the far side of a hill.
One of the horses from the cluster was this 20.2-hand, very handsome giant:
He stops, starts, jumps, and turns pretty well for such a big guy!
Hee hee, Pepsi looks so tiny!
One of the other horses from the cluster is this long-legged bay mare:
She has an adorable roman nose going on too:
She makes a color as basic as chestnut about as interesting as possible, thanks to the luxurious hair and flashy white markings.
Is it that her back is disproportionately short, or that her legs are disproportionately long? Either way, she has a perpetually foal-ish body type. Her high genetic stat total caught our attention too, of course.
The metrics aren't bad, but her personality is far from ideal.
The parade of cool horses continued in the wonder shrooms. Again. (Maybe we need to stay away from the shrooms for awhile for the sake of our horse slots.)
She looks fancy here:
And awkward here:
Don't let the rando name and that annoying ear worm of a jingle fool you!
Don't let his un-stellar genetic stat total fool you either!
He's one of the fastest wilds we've ever lassoed, and he's very brave. Combine that with his gorgeous coloring and markings, his awesome mane, and his impressive size, and you've got quite a horse!
I think he's fantastic, and he'd definitely going to be staying as one of my horses! <3
Hmm, we're not really sure how we feel about this one. Bethany's saying it could be bad luck not to keep a horse named Shamrock... but nothing happened when we sold our first one named Shamrock back in May...
The adventuring continued, and all that snow and ice eventually gave way to fjord highlands. Here are Pepsi and Torridon admiring the view from a rocky ledge that reminded me of Pride Rock from Lion King.
Snappy and I found our first highland epic, a "giants causeway," on my birthday!
I was not expecting to find anything more exciting than this on October 15. It would be pretty hard to top last year, when I found my beloved Cloudburst, after all. While the last horse I caught that night does not "top" Cloudburst, I think finding him was every bit as lucky!
