ZooBoise & Downtown Tour

This morning we were off to Boise to enjoy the Zoo and a trolley ride through downtown. The zoo is nothing like the Toledo Zoo. It was nice, just small and kinda disappointing after knowing and loving the Toledo Zoo. We are so spoiled back in Toledo. What's said is that the Toledo Zoo is one of the few things that Toledo has going for it.

After the Zoo we went on a trolley ride of Downtown Boise. We learned a lot of history and saw a lot of things we wouldn't normally notice. The kids loved it. We learned about Humphrey Bogart had a mistress in Boise and saw where she lived and he frequented. We learned that Walt Disney visited Boise and got his inspiration for Disneyland in Boise from the Natatorium. Back in the day it was much more than just a pool. Today, only the pool remains. A school sits on the rest of the property.

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Beaver Dam or Damn Beaver...

or at least that's what my brother was saying at about 11 pm this evening! Rob and I were following John and Barb home after the fireworks (which we watched from my mom's house) when he pulled off the side of Hwy 21 because he hit something. Something that hit just after he did, but we were able to swerve and it was already dead. He thought it was a wolverine or bear cub because it was so big...Rob and him walked down the road to find it and it was a BEAVER!!!

A whole part of his grill was ripped off including his wheel wells. It's just not John's week! And the insurance company is going to love him. But the beaver was standing in the road and John was unable to swerve because there was a car in the lane beside him. So it was the beaver or the guy in the car who would end up in the river.

White Water Rafting

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John, Barb, Rob and I went white water rafting today down the Main Payette River. It was an 8 mile trip with three class III rapids. It was nice. Rob and I want to go back and raft the South Fork Payette because it is all III/IV's, which are much more intense. We rafted with Cascade Rafting. They are an outfitter up here in the Horseshoe Bend/Banks area about 30 minutes from Boise.

The couple behind John and Barb were Doug and Dalene Macfarlane they were originally from Utah but live in Middleton, ID now. There friends were Bill & Renee from Phoenix, AZ. Our guide was Miranda, she is from Seattle, WA.

Mom and Jim watched all the kids at their apartment today. We are heading there now to have dinner with them and my cousin Dan. Then we are going to find some place cool to watch the fireworks and hang out.

Happy Independence Day

Today we are heading out to raft the Payette River. Later this evening we will go watch fireworks in Downtown Boise.