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Show ' ; -F'i '- ! . ?k .rJ. -:vt p.. i iw'"-h:' vti.; LI It- It" 2 !. - rw . Peekaboo Trail In Bryce Canyon National Park - Foreign Writers Vote Bryce Canyon Top U.S. Attraction When a group of visiting foreign journalists voted Bryce Canyon National Park their favorite U.S. attraction, they only added emphasis to what millions of others have said over the years. "Within the 56-square-mile area of Bryce Canyon National Park stands the jagged edge of the Paunsagunt Plateau. Here are exposed the famous Pink Cliffs of Bryce Canyon, carved in Wasatch limestone." So states the brochure given to each park visitor as he enters the wonderland of Bryce Canyon National Park. "Below the plateau rim stand miniature cities, cathedrals, spires, windowed walls, and endless chessmen, shaped by rain, frost and running water working through alternate strata of hard and softer limestone. "These rock sculptures challenge the imagination not only with their fantastic forms but with their color - an array of pink and red and orange blended with white, gray and cream. Here and there, strips of lavender, pale yellow and brown appear threads of color gone astray from the master design." Visitors to the park enjoy it most who venture down into its amphitheater on one of the many trails that are easy to follow amount its strange formation These well marked trails provide a special opportunity for the photographer amateur or expert I and the shadows and colors change with each hour from sunup to sundown. F Horse back trails provide a wonderful way to sec more of the beautiful park and its many view Points; each provides a remarkable unmatched view. the0mCrWyCrrr"r0Und'Cach SCason the park offers something different and the same scenery views at The visitor center at the mrk uppl.es the "keys that will unlock the secrets" of Bryce, and so euh vsitor should make it h first stop. The forest and wildflowcrs are in great variety and the Visitor Center again can provide information and plant identification. Among the animals in the park arc chipmunks, ground squirrels, deer, marmots, porcupines, and many others, large and small but seen perhaps less often. Violet-green swallows, white-throated white-throated swifts, mountain (light-breasted) (light-breasted) bluebirds, S cellar's jays, Clark's nutcrackers and large noisy ravens are among the many birds found in the park. |