Monday we decided to drive up to Cedar City’s annual Shakespeare festival.  They actually have a lot more than Shakespeare – we elected to go see Anything Goes, a classic Cole Porter musical.  It was quite fun, with lots of slapstick and wonderful old Cole Porter music.  There seem to be a number of quality theater productions in Utah, possibly because it is just too hot to do anything outdoors in the summer (I heard it hit 109 here yesterday).

While there we ran into Gordon Warren, who used to teach drama, speech, etc. at Issaquah High School when Mike went there.  Since Mike did a fair bit of theater at IHS, they had a good time talking about the old days.  Gordon moved down to St. George because he loves the heat, and keeps busy in his retirement rock climbing, mountain biking, etc.

While in Cedar City we found the one and only winery in Utah!  (Keenan, are you surprised?)  As there is not yet a great deal of wine grape growing in Utah, the IG Winery also buys grapes from Washington, Oregon, and California.  I get the impression they contract out some of the winemaking in those other areas as well.  The wines we tasted were quite good.  We especially liked a Temperanillo made from Sonoma Valley grapes.

We bought a mixed case to be shipped home, but they called us the next day to ask if it was OK with us if they held off shipping until there is some cooler weather.  Not only would shipping in the heat be potentially bad for the wine, they have had problems in the current heat with UPS having to return shipments because of corks popping.  We don’t mind waiting for better shipping weather.  It’s not like we don’t have any wine at home!

Finally, Mike got to hit up his favorite Western wear shop, where he bought a hip holster purse, complete with thigh strap.  He’s manly now!