A really special parade

We just spent a really pleasant 24 hours in Cedar City. We went down to catch the end of the fall run of the Festival. We saw Moonlight and Magnolias (a comedy about writing the screenplay for Gone with the Wind) on Friday night and Gaslight (a Victorian thriller) this afternoon. Both were excellent and we also took in the Literary seminar, the Props seminar and the matinee orientation today before the play started.

On the way to the seminars we were delayed because of a little traffic problem. As we headed into town, we encountered what seemed to be a traffic jam. Odd for little Cedar City- on a Saturday, no less. Then we could see flashing lights ahead and cars were pulling into the center lane and opposing lanes to U-turn or to take side roads. Hmm, there just be an accident ahead. After just a minute, though, we were able to determine the true cause of our delay. Our side of the road was packed with sheep, heading down the road into town. And I don't mean just a few sheep. The sheep were trotting fleece to fleece, nose to tail, three lanes wide and about a block long. We heard later that there were over a thousand sheep. We took a side road around the sheep to the next intersection hoping to get past them and on our way. But, alas, the sheep approached the intersection just as we did and and a police car insisted we had to yield to them. I present this snapshot as proof of our encounter.


We turned around again and made it to the theater just a few minutes late. Later as we were walking towards the center of town, we saw a banner that explained our strange encounter. It was the weekend of the Livestock Festival and the sheep were headed into town for the sheep parade.

Ah, Cedar City! Gotta love it!