Boise

After we got back from Jackson Hole, we spent the rest of the break in a suburb of Boise called Meridian. The guy I was staying with spent the next few days showing me around town, and there were quite a few many sights. The first place we went was Bronco Stadium, where the Idaho rival Boise State plays. They are known for having a blue field, or "smurf turf."

After that, we went went to a place called Table Rock, which was at the top of a large hill overlooking the city. Riding up the switchbacks to Table Rock reminded me of the Hollywood Hills because of the way the houses looked situated in the hills. At the top, Table Rock was surrounded by rolling hills on one side and a valley on the other.

After Table Rock, we went to an old jail called the Old Idaho Penitentiary, which is a place I had seen on tv to be haunted. Of course I wanted to check it out. I didn't see any ghosts, but it was a very cool place that seemed to be stuck in time.

After that, we drove through downtown and saw more sights, like the state capital building, which looked similar to South Carolina's.

I really enjoyed my spring break. It seemed like we were constantly on the move, which was good because I only have a limited time out here. Hopefully I'll be back someday.

Spring Break Pt I: Jackson

My spring break started on Friday, March 14 after my last midterm. I was heading down to Boise with one of my Beta brothers and his friends who had a car we could ride in. It was a 6 hour drive, which is much longer than I am used to, but it was very scenic as well.

After we got to Boise, we went to my brother's house, which was in a suburb called Meridian. The next day, we picked up one of his friends, and headed out towards Jackson Hole, WY. Another Beta lived across the border in Tetonia, Idaho, and was letting us stay at his house so we could ski at the #1 ski resort in the nation for two days. The ride out east to Tetonia was not as scenic, but still cool because of all the windmills I saw.

When we finally got to Tetonia, we were astounded at the house we were staying at. His backyard view was amazing as well. The Grand Tetons were rising out of the landscape.

We got up early to go skiing the next day, and it was a huge mountain. The slopes were very steep, and this was only my 3rd day skiing ever. I had a lot of fun though because there were just so many trails to get on. The next day, it was heavily snowing the whole time, which was really cool, just hard to see anything.

 

We spent the first few days of spring break skiing and exploring the town, basically going non-stop. It seems like we spent a whole spring break there,  but I am going back to Boise for a few days to explore there and spend the rest of my spring break.