Boise Idaho

After we left beautiful Seattle we headed to Boise, Idaho.  Andrew was worried we would not arrive at our lodge in time for the complimentary milk and cookies - but we did!  We ate dinner at a local restaurant "The Front Door" - known for their delicious pizza.  (Ironically, there was not a potato on the menu.)  After dinner we were beat and decided to go to sleep and see the capitol in the morning.

We woke up early and walked around the historic district downtown.

Andrew was impressed by the Boise State accouterment store, which basically stated that the money spent there would go directly to the football team.

We stopped briefly on our way to the capitol building so that Nicole could help "Lewis and Clark" find their way.

The Boise capital building was impressive, even from a distance.

We were even more impressed to find out that the building was open - even on a Sunday!  The security guard not only let us in, he told us where the visitor's center was so that we could watch a video about how it was built!

Andrew felt the rotunda was the coolest part of the building.

Nicole disagreed, though.  She thought the coolest part was how open the state Senate and House chambers were.

Andrew was shocked - absolutely shocked! - to find that Lobbyists had their own secured entrance and meeting place in the building.

On the way out, Andrew wanted to stop to try the local Mongolian BBQ - but, for both their sakes, Nicole stopped him.

From there, it was a brief and scenic drive to Salt Lake City - but that story will be told another time...