Episode CXLIII: Greetings from Boise, Idaho

 Meg and I joined most of the Norris family in Boise Idaho to celebrate the wedding of Tyler Capobres and Shannon Reich. The weather was great, and the wedding was lovely:

 We also managed to fit in the obligatory frisbee session:
 

Our family rented out a whole two-story house via Airbnb, which was fun. Here we are enjoying the living room fireplace:

And playing the baby grand piano:

I didn't know much about Idaho or about Boise before this trip. There were a couple of surprising things that I will share.

Surprising thing #1 There is a lot of outdoorsy stuff in Boise. We spent two different days along the Boise river:

 

[Day 1: hiking along, observing all sorts of waterfowl]

[Day 2: biking along (on tandem bikes!)]

We also took a road trip through the desert out to Shoshone Falls, which is quite a sight.

Surprising thing #2: There are a lot of Mormons. Nearly everywhere we went the major landmark was a nearby Mormon temple. The house we rented must have been a Mormon household, as the default Pandora station on their TV was "LDS Hymns of Worship"

[What could go better with LDS Hymns than local potatoes?]

Unsurprisingly, we had a good time catching up with family from across the nation, some of which I see often and some of which I haven't seen in ages. We had a good time all around.