Boise

My brother Dave is interviewing for his residency, he's been traveling all over the country to find the right place, GK and I went with him to Boise. I've never been a huge fan of Idaho so I thought I needed to give it a try. We headed out Monday early afternoon and got there in time to see the sunset. It was beautiful, I wish the capitol would have been open for tours but it is being cleaned, Dave said it looks like a baked potato because it is brownish! We went for a quick run along the Greenbelt, which is a lot like the Jordan Walkway. It was so pretty, there were a lot of birds and it was such a pretty night. GK didn't last very long so we walked back carrying him (He's really heavy!)

That night we went to a mongolian bbq place that was really good. I put too much spice on mine so GK didn't love it. I think he's gonna be a "gringo" like his Daddy!

On Tuesday Dave had his interview. It went from 8:00 to 3:30. Talk about an interview. The president of Family Medicine really liked him though (can you blame him!!), and I think Dave really liked their program too. It would sure be nice if he lived closer!

GK and I had some time to spare so we went swimming at the hotel then to the Old Boise State Penitentiary. It was so cool built in 1870. It was really old but they stopped using it in 1973! Most of the building didn't have indoor plumbing (inmates have it pretty easy now!) 10 people were executed by hanging and you got to see the gallows, the drop room, solitary confinement, and all the cells.

Inside some of the rooms they had extra displays about electricity and how it has evolved for Idaho. There was a really cool exhibit on Tattoos, how they use to tattoo inmates then how they tattooed themselves. They tattooed about EVERYTHING!! There was another exhibit on transportation. The coolest one was all about guns and how they have evolved. It was really neat and warm in that building. In the picture below GK is standing in front of a dryer that was used only for drying socks. During the war the inmates made shirts for the soldiers fighting.

Gk and I did some shopping. We went and got Dave and did a little more looking around down town.

We went to a dinner at some one of the residents houses. It was fun to meet all the doctors. Dave totally fit right in. They were super nice and really liked him. GK was SO tired and I hope he didn't cause too much trouble. We didn't leave until about 10:30 which is way past his bed-time but I think he had a lot of fun. We missed Patrick and it was nice to get home. Thanks for the fun trip Dave!