Boise, Idaho Blog

It was a beautiful day today and made it perfect to visit Camels Back Park for the Hyde Park Street Fair. It didn’t take long before the smell of incense, home-made soap and perfumes reached my nose and brought back memories from long ago.
The Hyde Park Fair is one of my favorite events each year [...]

Every year I look forward to the 1st weekend in September when the annual “Art in the Park” is held at Julia Davis Park. The event continues to grow and so does the variety of art and crafts. Unfortunately, I rarely buy anything but that isn’t necessarily by choice. Each year I tell myself “Next [...]

Okay… I guess it is a good thing the fair only comes once a year. I definitely better blog about it so I am better informed next year. Even though the entertainment is getting better over the years I had forgotten just how expensive it is. The $7 to get in I can handle but [...]

Ever since I can remember the Western Idaho Fair comes to town and is held at the fairgrounds in Garden City. What the fair lacks in exciting rides it makes up for in good, wholesome, fried food. It is easy to want to go from food vendor to food vendor sampling what is [...]

I decided to learn a bit more about disc golf… Disc golf has been around since the 1960’s and since the 1980’s there have been national and world tournaments. (interesting)
There are several different throwing discs that are used, which are divided into 3 categories: putters, mid-range discs, and drivers. If you are [...]

As I am walking through my subdivision in Columbia Village I stumble across what appears to be metal baskets with chains hanging down. For the life of me I have not idea what they are. (Shows you how much I get out) Nevertheless as I continue to walk the area I find more and more. [...]

Every spring water is let from the Lucky Peak Reservoir to make room for the melt from the snow pack in the mountains.

The Boise River runs through the heart of Boise and will soon be peppered with tubers and rafters, not seeking thrills but to cool down from the hot summer day.
Along the Boise River [...]

In my last post I discussed some fun things to do offered by Boise Parks and Recreations. Today I want to mention briefly a similar program put on by Boise School District. The program is called Community Education.

Classes are typically held at local schools and cover many topics such as; arts, business, finance, computers, cooking, [...]

Until I found myself raising a toddler I did not realize all that Boise had to offer. During the spring and summer there are parks and the zoo to go to but I found myself struggling to find quality dad and daughter entertainment. Then one day there it was, the Boise Parks & Recreation’s Activity [...]