Cedar City is a great little town and a lot revolves around the Shakespeare Festival. We saw The 39 Steps (hilarious spoof of Alfred Hitchcock) and Pride and Prejudice. So fun and entertaining.
Great weather, great nap under a tree on a grassy lawn, great B&B.
But there were some other "earthly / universe" things happening while we were there.
For example:
Fire. There was a wild fire between Cedar and St George. It was so close to the freeway that they had to close the freeway to only one lane! And then we spotted another mountain on fire that had started since our drive down the day before - this one not close to I-15.
Earthquake: We learned of an earthquake that occurred at 6:45 am on Wed morning while we were there. The epicenter was only 9 miles south of town! Too bad we didn't feel it - but others in our B&B did.
Sun Activity: We drove to Cedar Breaks and met a park ranger who was really excited about the sun. He had a scope set up with a filter and allowed us to look at the sun and current activity there called a Sun prominence - see a picture here. So fascinating - totally worth the trip to the park to be able to see the sun and the activity there!
Cedar Breaks was quite the sight too:
And, we stayed just through the block from our apartment where we lived when KC was born. I definitely recall sitting out on the front steps while KC cried himself to sleep inside - he must have been 5 months old. It was fun to reminisce as we walked around the block to see if we could remember any names of former ward members.
Our little get away was just what we needed. Sun, fire, and quake to remind us of what a really fascinating world we live in and yet how fragile.
1 comment:
um... why did all this stuff happen when you were down there? We were there the day before you and thought that besides the play, nothing exciting happened in Cedar City.
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