Locals are always particular about how their location is pronounced, and (as we are all local to someplace) I like to respect their preferences. So today I learned that Boise is pronounced “boy-see” not “boy-zee.” And so it shall be in my lexicon going forward.
We are staying at the The Riverside Hotel, and it is aptly named. Here is the view of the Boise River outside our room:
We took advantage of our rest day and slept in this morning, but I did get a brief ride in. I rode Boise’s excellent system of bicycle paths to the nearest bicycle store and back. The paths run mostly along the river, and that’s the path at the bottom of the picture above. Here’s a clearer view of the path.
After the outing to the bicycle store, Toni and I walked along the path about a mile and a half to a movie theater and watched “Avengers: Endgame,” proving that you can take the lawyer out of Disney, but you can’t take Disney out of the lawyer.
After the movie we walked a few blocks to a local brewery and met Sara LaWall and Michael Alvarado, friends who had moved from Pasadena to Boise several years ago. Sara is the minister of the Boise Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, and she invited a couple of members of her church who are active cyclists to join us. Toni will be writing more about the lively conversation we had with them, but suffice it to say that we had a great time connecting with old friends and meeting new ones over local brews (no doubt including hops from the hop farms I rode through yesterday).
At Sara’s recommendation, we walked a few blocks to the Modern Hotel and Bar where we enjoyed a delightful dinner in the courtyard to celebrate our anniversary.
And this being a rest day, that’s it for tonight!