A Bluebird Bonanza

I awoke early this morning and went to the kitchen to start the coffeepot. I was disappointed to see cloudy, grey skies. But, hoping for the partly-sunny day predicted, I got ready to go play outside. 

Leaving Laurel, glimpses of blue in between the clouds above kept us encouraged. Our intended destination was the Big Horn National Recreation Area. We ate our lunch at Devil's Overlook, then continued on to the Ewing-Snell Ranch. We had planned on hiking, but rain/snow and temps in the 30's made that unappealing. We returned to the other side of the Pryor Mountains where the sky was lighter.

Suddenly, a bright little bluebird flitted by, quickly followed by another. We stopped for a picture and realized that there were several other bluebirds in the area. We parked the car and scrambled down into a dry, sandy wash in pursuit of those brilliant flashes of cerulean blue. Would you believe that we spent almost an hour and a half chasing a nearly a dozen birds? We took almost 100 pictures! 

Eventually, feeling much better about the day, we made our way back to the car and meandered back roads toward home.  

These cacti were barely hanging on to the eroding edge
of the wash. 

I got distracted. :)

This picture is a little "soft," but I loved the expression.

I am thinking that four-wheeling up there wouldn't
have been much fun today.