Horse Competition coming this weekend

 This morning I woke up at 8 o'clock and I could see blue skies and no wind.  But my phone said it was 30 degrees!😱  As I was looking out my window without my glasses I could see a red spec on the tree limb.  Thought is was flowering but then it moved to another branch and I knew it was a bird.  Quickly got up and grabbed my camera but by the time I got back it was gone.  I'll be ready next time😀  I think it was a Vermilion Flycatcher.

Got up at 9 o'clock and it didn't feel especially cold inside but turned on the heat anyway.  Dolly said it was 61 there and I looked and it was 41 here.  What happened!

While taking my walk with Yuma, it felt very nice and refreshing outside with my sweatshirt and jeans.  When I looked back towards the White Lion I saw the three horses I took pictures of yesterday, but now they had riders.

Guess they are heading for a morning ride.  There are miles and miles of trails in the Empire Ranch area for them to ride and today is beautiful.  We laid around just enjoying the nice weather.  I could lay in the sun without feeling too hot.

Around noon, two more riders came along with a dog.  Yuma didn't care about the horses but he wanted to meet their lead dog and I couldn't stop him.  

As I ran over to make sure Yuma behaved, I noticed they were putting ribbons on bushes.   I knew what that meant, but asked anyway.  Yep, there is going to be a huge horse distance riding contest this weekend!  I've been here twice before when they put on their show and so happy I picked this time to be here ag.

During the afternoon, I noticed more and more horse trailers showing up over in the horse staging area.

Majestic Whetstone Mountains in the background.

The winds picked up quite a bit, so we took a short Jeep ride through a wash area where there were some big Oak trees.  Unfortunately, fire got to them too.  They were very old and appeared to have been rotten inside anyway.  Probably lightening got them.

There was one younger one still standing at the top of the wash.  Looked beautiful standing all alone up there.

Later in the afternoon, one more walk so Yuma could get rid of some more energy.  He ran circles around me!  Look at him go!  Love that Yuma!😍

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