Janene and I were able to get away for a couple of days to see Bryce Canyon in "winter". We heard that it had snowed in the southern part of the state, so we made arrangements to stay at Ruby's Inn just outside the park and headed down.
Everywhere we looked was an incredible panorama. We took over 1500 pictures and could easily have taken 1500 more. We arrived just in time to watch the sun go down and the full moon come up over the amphitheater. Be still my heart!
The next day, we put on the winter weather gear, the crampons for walking on ice, grabbed our trekking poles and headed out for the day into the bowl full of hoodoos. At sunset, we watched the Sinking Ship slowly sink into the darkness.
We walked for three miles on a single track through the fairyland of colored columns. We had to stop every few minutes to take pictures or just be awed by the beauty of the place.
Then we headed over the highway that was featured in the Wall Street Journal this week as the "most stunning section of highway in the United States". We watched as windswept snow mimicked the petrified sand dunes that were hidden underneath the snow
Janene didn't really appreciate my photo featuring the juxtaposition of two sets of curves, but I felt that both were pretty stunning. Maybe this is what the Wall Street Journal was referring to in their article.
As we left Bryce Canyon we held powerful memories of the wonder of these beauteous scenes.
As we headed home, we drove the Burr Trail through Capitol Reef and the Waterpocket Fold. We were greeted by incredible vistas that few people ever get to see. We met people from all over the world on this trail. All of them had heard of the beauty of this place and had come from Australia, Israel, Germany and beyond. We are blessed to have this in our own backyard.
