Everyday Boise

Last weekend.

Luke forgot to shave...

Last weekend we were in Northern Idaho. We got to visit with my parents, Luke's mom and step dad, and Luke's dad and step-mom. It was a great visit. We went swimming with my dad, had a great dinner with Luke's mom (plus a wild Thunderstorm), and got to see Teresa bike in the CDA Tri-a-thon. We also got to look at one of the place Luke and I want to get married, Settler's Grove. It was awesome and beautiful. We think it would be a great place to get married, but we are going to look at a couple of other places to make sure we have all our options available. We are still looking for places to hold the reception, and our next visit will be more scouting on locations.

All finished.

Off to the finish line of the biking portion of the race.

The half-way point in the race.

And off she goes.

Teresa was getting ready to do her part in a du-a-thalon.

Luke's dad and his wife Teresa.

*Blinking* Luke and his dad.

Looking out from the center of the site.

The area from the other entrance.

Looking into the area from one of the entrances.

Settler's Grove. Possible wedding ceremony site.

Luke's father's dogs, Alf and Tega (Spelling is most likely wrong) playing.

Memorial Day Camping

Luke finally getting a hold of the camera before we head home.

Well, Luke finally got a hold of the camera. We had a great trip. We pretty much had both camp sites to ourselves both days and the people we did see were either heading in as we left or didn't stick around.

It was absolutely beautiful and we ended up hiking around 20 miles, 14 of those with full packs on. We didn't find the hotsprings liked we had hoped, (I actually think it elsewhere) but we had a nice trip and we would like to return. The wildflower pic we took were in the hope that MAYBE if a botanist was looking at the site they might know the flowers, but we did see lots of Lupin and Mule's ear.

We also saw 2 deer and 2 snakes (non-rattlers) one deer (much to our delight) Abby tried to chase but when we yelled at her to come back, she immediately stopped, turned back around and came straight to us. She also did very well off her leash which was great. I think we tired her out though, she slept for 3 days straight when we got home.