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Arches Provincial Park
Is it possible to feel lost
and found at the same time?
“The traveller sees what he sees. The tourist sees what he has come to see.”
– G.K. Chesterton
Some might argue Mr. Chesterton was just being overly fussy – that this is
a distinction without a difference. Those people aren’t travellers.
You see, tourists know what they are looking for long before they know
what’s really here. A knowable, containable, and packageable experience.
But these are mere parts of the puzzle. A traveller, on the other hand, seeks
the truth of a place, the essence that can only be appreciated by seeing the
puzzle as a whole.
Wildlife? Check. History? Of course. Amazing vistas? In spades. And culture?
We speak more dialects of English than the English do. This is a place where
turquoise and lime green houses make amiable neighbours on steep city
streets and in snug little harbours. Where fresh air ripples freely through
tiny gardens and sprawling barrens, finding its way to open windows.
Bringing with it a renewed sense of possibility as sweet as the air itself.
But these are only elements of what makes this place truly unforgettable.
And therein lies the magic of this mysterious land. To find what you are
looking for, you must first be willing to let go of expectations, to really
lose yourself. And then, there you will be. Lost. And found.
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