On August 23, the Tamarind Adventure Club enjoyed its very first daring adventure: searching for a trail that I’m still pretty sure doesn’t actually exist, encountering wild horses, hiking into the BLM backcountry on a dirt road followed by a truck with rifles sticking out its window, climbing a gorgeous sandstone mesa in the scorching heat, and then getting the car stuck in the densest, reddest mud for what felt like an entire afternoon. These images document the beauty of that hike, complete with two lovely photogenic pooches.

What you unfortunately can’t see are the beautiful friendships being formed behind the lens.