Wounded Warriors + Mounted Mustangs

02/15/2026

02/15/2026

02/15/2026

2026 - the year Solid Ground celebrates 10 YEARS!

The 10 year milestone did not come without many sleepless nights, tears, hard work, determination and just plain grit.

Quitting or giving up was never an option. This was a gift God gave and entrusted me to steward, grow and sustain.

To me, I see it as God planted the seed, and it took years and years of watering, nurturing and pruning to see the fruit the tree produced. Or in this case the organization.

Along the way, others joined and planted, cultivated, watered and nurtured, each bringing their own gifts, strengths, experience and wisdom.

Follow along with us as we venture into the next 10 years!

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02/15/2026

Snow is more than a winter backdrop. It is part of Earth’s life support system.

Fresh snow reflects 80–90% of sunlight back into space, helping cool the planet. Without it, the ground absorbs 4–6 times more heat. Snow cover influences patterns of heating and cooling over the Earth's surface.

Snowpack stores water like a frozen reservoir. As it melts, it fills rivers, supports forests and wildlife, generates hydropower, and supplies drinking water across the West.

Snow also acts as an insulating blanket protecting plants and animals beneath it from extreme cold. Just one foot of snow can stabilize the temperature at ground level creating a refuge where small mammals and insects travel and forage during the winter. It protects animals in their dens and shields plant roots from damaging freeze thaw cycles.

Snow fuels winter recreation and local economies, too. From ski slopes to snowshoe trails, it draws visitors and supports jobs in mountain communities.

Snow matters.

📸 NPS/Campbell: Snow covered trees in front of Mount Moran.

02/15/2026

There had to be a name…

How did Solid Ground get its name 10 years ago?

I watched a very inspiring documentary called Horses Heal. At the end there is a story of a young man who was sharing how therapeutic riding and horses had changed his life. He said “It was like a dream”

This resonated with me and I was certain the name needed the word dream in it. I mean, after all, it was also my dream coming true.

I wrote down hundreds of names and pages and pages of notebook paper filled with names but none really stuck. I asked friends and family, I googled names but nothing. I thought this would be the easy part, but turned out that was not the case.

I felt like God gave the word Solid Ground. I wrote it down but I never felt that was the name it was supposed to be. I didn’t feel any major impact when I said it. I just kept dismissing it.

But God kept saying it over and over and over. I could not understand why.

One day I was reading in my Bible and journaling. I read the verse in Psalms 40:2 that said “He lifted me out of the mud and mire, out of the pit of despair and set my feet on Solid Ground.”

I instantly knew it was the perfect name.

It felt like that was the perfect picture of Solid Ground. It gave an image to me of someone getting helped out of the pit of despair, a desperate situation and placing them on solid ground and establishing their steps.

That stuck. That resonated.

I knew it was supposed to be Solid Ground. God knew all along. It took me some time to see it too.

07/14/2025

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