When we saw this view, we thought it was the most amazing view yet. Randy even said that we didn't need to see Grand Canyon after this, but that's just crazy talk. Of course, we have to see the Grand Canyon, but still this view took our breath away.
The story behind the naming of this state park is a sad one though. The story goes that cowboys way back when would use this natural jut of land as a corral to round up wild horses that lived in these parts from when the Spanish brought them over and after they gathered all the horses, they would choose the horses they wanted to take with them and leave the rest of the horses without any way out and without any water, so of course the rest of the horses left behind died right where the cowboys left them. How sad is that and what the hell were they thinking. I hate to hear about any kind of cruelty to animals...and what a way to name a state park. They do realize that this is not a proud moment of our history, right?
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