With towering mountains in the near distance, you hike over the low-lying plain. Your low-heeled, vegan faux-leather boots brush against the vivid green grasses of the prairie - their chestnut color and wood-like soles reminiscent of the outfits worn by the first Western pioneers. When you slid your fingers through the loops of these boots and pulled them over your pale skinnies this morning, you had no idea what your trek through the steppe would include. Now, as the breeze whips through the billowy fabric of your cotton button up, and a small, graceful herd of horses appears beyond the lenses of your aviator sunnies, you’re suddenly overwhelmed by the effortless beauty of this wild wonderland.