Boise, Idaho (State #40)-Boise Riverside RV Park

August 7-14, 2016

Our stop this week was in Boise, Idaho. We needed a place to stay before reaching our next desired spot in Southeast Idaho and this seemed like a good place to stay. And it worked out well because Greg needed to fly back to Austin and we would be close to the airport.

Well we had a fun time but I have no plans to move to Boise in the future. It was very arid and just another big city that has been paved over for a million restaurants and shopping centers.

So we pretty much just did city type things but I did find one fun field trip. We toured the Ada County Sherriffs Office. It was quite interesting! First we visited with a sheriff and he talked to us about body cameras, accident investigation and the roles of a sheriff. And Jordan even got to punch the Sheriff!! He was demonstrating how his camera worked and told her to punch him and then showed us the footage.

Then we checked out the dispatching area and were able to ask all of the questions we wanted to about 911 calls. Everyone there was so eager to meet us and tell us about their job.

The next really fun thing we did was go to Dart Warz which is an indoor battlefield with Nerf guns. Jacob had a blast and so did I. Jordan liked it but found it difficult to understand all of the rules in each game and of course didn't like when she got shot in the cheek at close range.

It was so much fun that when Greg flew back into town, we took him. He too was surprised by how much he enjoyed it.

Jordan went to a tumbling camp at the gymnastics center.

And she went ice skating. I love how she can make a friend as soon as she gets out there.

On Friday night, we headed out to Bruneau Dunes State Park for a program at the observatory. First, we checked out the sand dunes. The kids tried to slide down them on a disc they found there and on cardboard but were only successful in sliding about 2 feet. Disappointing, but they had just as much fun rolling down the dunes.

The astronomy program was pretty interesting. We watched some videos first and then they had some large telescopes set up outside to view Saturn, the moon and some clusters. Then we sat on the lawn hoping to see some meteors from the shower. We saw about three or four.

On our last day, we took the kids to the Discovery Center of Idaho (free with our museum pass). We all enjoyed checking it out for a couple of hours.

So like I said, we found some fun opportunities and enjoyed our stay but were ready to move on.

Next stop is Massacre Rocks State Park.