And this is them posed in the same spot I was in.... them, and one of the pack mules that has wandered in ;~D The buckskin horse there is the mother to most of his mules, but I don't think is mom to that colored mule there in the foreground ;~D
Art is a really tall guy... and he found mules were the only animals that could hold up carrying him all day, every day. He had two riding mules and he switched off, let one just follow along and rest of a day or two.