Blogs from Boise, Idaho, United States, North America - page 2

Geo: 43.607, -116.193Meet at the airport at 6:30 AM!... read more

Well today was an 80 mph Interstate 15 day North to Salt Lake City. The Cities Main St parallels the Interstate, so inand out of the City was relatively easy. The entry and exit were typical of American Cities. Mile after mile of fast food, malls and general business., car dealerships and gas stations, what would ever happen if we ran out of gasoline!! Was surprised at the downtown core. No different than any other city. Not sure why I thought it would be. The Temple St area ant the Olympic Village was beautiful. Walked through the Temple Garden Where we took a few pics. Into the Genealogical Society of Utah to look at our families history . Both Kate and I spent an hour and a half on the research computers. Starbucks for a coffee ... read more

On the road early for a short drive 2 hours south to Boise. The drive down I55 was pretty, we followed the north fork of the Payette River and saw some pretty crazy upper class rapids. Our campground is just outside Boise in the town called Eagle. We got settled in and then headed into the "big city" of Boise. We navigated through the city streets (lots of one ways) and made it to Boise State University to familiarize us with the area for tomorrow's campus tour. The we headed to the interpretation center of The Perigrine Foundation Birds of Prey Center. The mostly highlighted Falcons and falconry as well as owls, condors and hawks. Their primary focus is to repopulate an endangered species and they have been very successful. It was a neat little trip ... read more

Vi havde aftalt med Ann, Bob og Tricia, at vi skulle stå tidligt op. Spise hurtig morgenmad og ud af vagten. Børnene spiste og gik direkte ind i den store RV, hvor de kunne myldre sammen i deres, efterhånden velkendte tue, og sove videre. Peter og jeg har faktisk kørt alene indtil videre. Vores børn er adopteret ind i en anden familie. Utrolig godt for udviklingen af deres sprog og for deres relationer til den amerikanske del af familien. Vi får, ind imellem en situationsrappport fra den anden bil. Det forlyder at der findes en ”kid pile” derovre. De ligger simpelthen i én stor bunke, hvor de ser film o.l. engang imellem myldrer hele tuen frem i bilen – de betyder SPISETID. Så myldrer tuen tilbage bagest i bilen, hvor den igen for en tid bliver ... read more

I tease myself too much sometimes. The holy grail of my USA journey was to somehow get to Montana State and see the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone National Park. 5 months earlier I had to turn back whilst in east Wyoming. This time around I was in Idaho and even closer but again I turned back reaching my final crest in the magnificent Craters of the Moon. Once there it was a gradual decline, hitting neutral in the car, crawling my way over the speed limit down the mountains toward the coast of California and my eventual, inevitable flight home. Idaho doesn’t get too much of a wrap in the states. Dominated by mountain landscape, there is one plain that’s an arc shape that goes along the south. The main city is the capital Boise. Which ... read more