Boise nights

Friday morning Dennis was kind enough to show us around town. It's another great bicycling city with paths leading around and through most of it. After hitting his local coffee joint for a morning brew, we headed off downtown to see the sights concluding with a roof top view of the city from the Chamber of Commerce building and lunch at a Basque restaurant that served dishes looking an awful lot like Philadelphia fare.

In the afternoon we headed to another religious experience at a BBQ in the park held by "The Pursuit", a local rock band masquerading as a church. We met some fun people and then rode back toward the apartment, impressed that we'd spent the whole day exploring the city.

Late friday night was the most eventful, although unfortunately without our participation. Sometime during the night Shawn's and my bikes were stolen from outside Dennis' apartment in a well lit area, cutting through my "cut resistant" lock like butter. The police were, as expected, completely disinterested, not even visiting to take a report but calling and giving a report number over the phone. I suspect these thieves didn't give our inconvenience a second thought.

Although the incident put a damper on cycling events, it hasn't eliminated the enjoyable experiences in Boise. Saturday evening was spent at a local Hare Krishna Temple enjoying the festival of 10,000 flowers for the celebration of Krishna's birthday. A truly uplifting experience.

I'll be leaving Idaho in the morning heading into Oregon toward Portland.