International Picnic Day...June 18th...

...is an opportunity for people around the globe to plan picnics for their friends and family.  The great thing about picnics is that they necessitate little planning. As a matter of fact, "picnic" is a synonym for "easy."  While outside, take a minute to enjoy the crisp air of the outdoors and the natural environment around you. Sit back, relax, and appreciate the simplicity of good times with family and friends.

Joe and I go on lots of picnics since the move to Wyoming.  Everytime we go off on one of our "daycations" I always fix a picnic lunch.  It usually consists of enough sandwiches for two meals, a can of chips, frozen bottles of water to help keep things cool and also water to drink as it slowly thaws, some pudding cups and spoons, some fruit, Joe's meds and cloth rags for napkins. 

Today we went to Ayres Natural Bridge for our picnic.  We'd been there before on Saturday, June 6, 2009 and you can read about that at Douglas, WY and surrounding area.  That posting tells all about the Indian legend and other interesting things that we saw that day.  It has been almost two years to the day since we'd been back.

Joe walking over to see the water under the bridge.

Because of heavy snow melt, the water is quite high and fast this year.

Nephi Williams and Joe having conversation.

Heading out of the canyon away from the bridge.  Notice the old cabin in the middle of the picture.

The buffalo herd had moved closer to the road so they were easier to see coming back from the bridge.

There were prairie dog holes all along the road.  We pulled over to watch them and this little group congregated on the some hole and commenced to chatter at us.