Who dreamed up “Fairyland” anyway?  Was it Walt Disney?  Certainly it wasn’t God!  Isn’t Fairyland the place of “make believe”?  Isn’t it the land of our imagination where magical things happen? Well, Bryce Canyon in Utah set the record straight for me.

We arrived just before dinner in a little town in Utah.  The sign read “Tropic, City Limits, Pop 460.”  I have no idea where the 460 were hiding.  If you were to blink you could be out of Tropic before you realized you were in it!  Incredibly it took us close to an hour to locate our Bed and Breakfast.  I’m not sure I can even explain that, but it was a somewhat circular adventure!  Finally, somewhere, here it is…a view from our balcony at Livery Bed and Breakfast…

A mile or so into the desert, down a dirt road between that barn and the mountain , we found a wonderful gourmet restaurant in a rustic log cabin lodge.  I love the surprises of the Wild West!

Early the next morning we headed toward that mountain and Bryce Canyon.  There lies perhaps the most delightful surprise of the entire trip.  Here it is..wondrously created by God…FAIRYLAND!

My my first impression was the movie “Frozen”.  I can still see my grandchildren singing and dancing across my living room to the song “Let It Go” with dramatic leaps and full volume voices.

Then at another viewpoint around the rim of the canyon, it seemed I was looking at the Lost Terracotta Soldiers of China.

Reflecting on Bryce Canyon, I still feel like I was in a beautiful Fairyland, a place where imagination and reality become almost perfectly indescribable and indistinguishable.  Joy!

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