http://boise.onethousandthingstodo.com Find things to do in your city! Tue, 21 Oct 2008 06:05:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Although summer and thus the traditional camping season were both officially and unofficially over several weeks ago, we wanted to squeeze in an outdoors excursion before it got really cold. For a variety of reasons, our family did not get in our usual assortment of weekend camping trips during the ... http://boise.onethousandthingstodo.com/2008/10/20/farewell-to-summer-in-farewell-bend/ There is always one thing that makes the coming of fall a little more bearable as the waning days of summer make me feel like a little kid dreading the return of school days: college football. I love everything about football season. I love breaking out the school colors, barbequing ... http://boise.onethousandthingstodo.com/2008/10/10/boise-state-game-day/ We left the Gowen Field History exhibit and wandered back to the main room. I gave my son a brief description of his great grandfather’s service in WWI, then pointed him to the WWI display. As he left to view them, Don wandered back toward me with a small paperbound ... http://boise.onethousandthingstodo.com/2008/10/09/idaho-military-history-museum-part-2-of-2/ I have always wanted to visit the Idaho Military History Museum in Boise, but just never seemed to have the time. Since I had a few days off and my youngest son’s 28th birthday was around the corner, I killed two birds with one stone and invited him along for ... http://boise.onethousandthingstodo.com/2008/10/08/idaho-military-history-museum-part-1-of-2/ If Peter Piper had planted a patch of plump picken’-pumpkins (rather than picking a peck of pickled peppers), he probably would have grabbed the attention of more children. Fortunately, many other farmers have caught the autumn spirit (and a business opportunity!) and provided families all over the Treasure Valley with ... http://boise.onethousandthingstodo.com/2008/09/30/pumpkin-pickin-in-meridian-idaho/ I have probably been to most every air show in the area for thirty plus some years. But one of the most spectacular and FREE events of the year is always held at Mountain Home Air Force Base. The last one was in 2005, so watch the papers during the ... http://boise.onethousandthingstodo.com/2008/09/30/gunfighter-skies-2008/ The steep winding road above Lewiston is beautiful drive. We could see the whole valley below, from several terrific viewpoints. One could only dream of what the fledgling trading post, back in the early 1860’s looked like. Once known as “Ragtown,” for an area made up of tents-one could imagine ... http://boise.onethousandthingstodo.com/2008/09/23/idaho-adventure-5-circling-raventwisted-earth-grill/ Saturday morning was not a good time to arise out of bed at 4:00AM, but it was my usual wake up time for my work as a bus driver. Saturday found me preparing to run a shuttle bus for the Art in the Park festivities down at Julia Davis Park The ... http://boise.onethousandthingstodo.com/2008/09/23/prelude-to-art-in-the-park/ If you see a white rabbit hopping through Boise this weekend, you might want to follow him down the hole (or up the hill, as the case may be) so you won’t be late, late, for a very important date. It’s almost time for the Mad Hatter Tea Party at ... http://boise.onethousandthingstodo.com/2008/09/18/high-tea-in-boise/ We left the Clearwater River Casino restaurant east of town and headed across Memorial Bridge to Lewiston. It didn’t take a genius to figure out that Lewiston was named after Lewis of Lewis and Clark fame, and Clarkston the reverse. Back In the 1860’s Lewiston was a thriving trading center ... http://boise.onethousandthingstodo.com/2008/09/18/lewiston-clarkston/