The Road Trip, Day 3 - Cedar City cont. and driving to Arizona

Today was wildly successful. It started pretty early with Kayla and I going to a discussion about the play from last night. Kayla even contributed to the conversation without me wanting the earth to devour us... showing some real growth on Kayla's ability to comment in public. In the afternoon, we visited the Shakespeare Festival again and saw "The Secret Garden", which is one of my most favorite musicals. It was terrific and there was even babysitting provided for the two younger children. I was proud of myself for leaving little Lizzie with them and not passing out or throwing up from the stress! The musical was outstanding. The leads were amazing and the man that played Archibald Craven was right up there with Mandy Patinkin (Mandy played the lead role in the original broadway cast).
After the play we jumped in the car for a 6 hour drive to the Grand Canyon. On the way we stopped and looked at wonderful rock formations in Northern Arizona. The kids got to run around and explore while the adults took a much needed driving break.
We made it to our hotel at 10:30 local time, a couple hours earlier than expected. Tomorrow we get to see the Grand Canyon.
This is what I wanted this trip to be like. We are exploring the country state by state and seeing first hand the differences in landscape and climate. The children are getting great at recognizing license plates and are excited about the new things we are seeing. Even Kayla, who complained about the trip when we were planing it, is enjoying herself. Yeah!!