My Boise Photos (Labor Day Weekend 2008) (Hope: home, wedding, asbestos) - Idaho (ID) - City-Data Forum

jwaters943 · 09-12-2008, 11:12 PM

Here are some pics from our recent trip to Boise. We really enjoyed our stay. You Boise residents sure are friendly! Every morning since I've been back I wake up with an insatiable craving for Goldy's Eggs Benedict.

As you can see in the last couple photos, we picked up an expected souvenir.

His name is Colby, and his big brother is Jack. He's a great addition to our household and we love him dearly. (Dogs rule!)

Hopefully we'll be fortunate enough to visit your fair city again.

Enjoy....

Torrie · 09-13-2008, 01:43 AM

jwaters, great pictures and thanxs for sharing! Especially love the photo of Colby-he's a keeper for sure!

fruitlassie · 09-13-2008, 06:02 AM

Apart from a couple pics and excluding you and your friend, it looks like a ghost town! Where is everybody?

jwaters943 · 09-13-2008, 08:04 AM

Well, to be fair, most of the pics were taken around 8-9:30 a.m. on a chilly Sunday and Monday morning. Things seemed more lively later on in the day. Most of the businesses don't open until 10-11 a.m.

What's the story w/ the Boise Tower, is this project dead? The construction site looks like it hasn't been touched in at least a year.

Katera · 09-25-2008, 10:35 AM

Thanks for posting these. My wife and I are still trying to make plans to get up there and spend a week getting to know the area, but stupid Hurricane Ike has messed that up for a while.

Thanks again for giving us a little fore taste....

stingraynm · 09-25-2008, 05:45 PM

Wow... a bit too extensive for my computer's speed, but what I got was still a lot and very representative. You got a lot of main sites plus some general ambiance. Maybe you got one and it hadn't downloaded yet, but you'd also enjoy some drives up in the foothills that provide a view of Boise (and show why it's the City of Trees). The best views of downtown are Table Rock (over-populated at times) and up 8th St. in the North end to a dirt road. A hike up the hills at Camel's Back Park (in the Hyde Park area) will also give a great panoramic of downtown that looks out to the metro sprawl of west Boise.

Once again, though, great photos.

stingraynm · 09-25-2008, 05:52 PM

Another tidbit where I can't help but be proud... my dad was the PM for MK (sad story, that company...

) when they did the refurbishment of the Train Depot. That was a somewhat controversial issue, but in the end I think people realized that he was helping to preserve the history instead of "remodel" it. Mostly, they just removed asbestos, treated and replaced aging wood supports, added an elevator to replace under-sized, rusty stairs that wouldn't meet current codes, and restored stuff that had been "remodeled" by the Pacific Northwest railroads. They found the old storefront and Native inscriptions around the roof, which were refurbished and are there today. My sister had her wedding in there.

Lewcifer · 09-26-2008, 04:24 PM

I moved from California to Boise seven years ago, after just one (business) visit to Boise. I gave up my Silicon Valley consultancy and a Palo Alto lifestyle to move here. I have never regretted it, and still enjoy this city as much as the day I first arrived here. For several years, when taking a taxi home from the Boise airport after flying back from California, I'd find myself wondering if an evacuation had been ordered while I was gone... because there are so few people out on the streets, and few cars on most roads.

If any of you are travelling to Boise, contact me and I'll recommend places for lunch/dinner/drinks or whatever! My direct email is lew.payne at gmail dot com.