Agony followed by ecstasy

I don't know how else to describe today. It took me two hours to get 10 miles out of Alpine due to icy road conditions. Fortunately, a truck came and sanded the big mountain south of town or I may still be sitting there on a sheet of ice.

I was determined to go photograph a Costa's Hummingbird at Bonnie's today that she had photographed yesterday. And even without any sunshine, it was still a religious experience to see and photograph it.

Afterwards I rushed to the oasis to see what hummers might be there, but it was just too miserable out to sit and watch. I'm definitely the hot weather type.