Idaho
Richard and I woke up before the crack of dawn on Friday to catch a 6 am flight to Boise. We made the flight by the skin of our teeth - I saw 5:55 am on the clock as we were rushing to the gate for the flight. Luckily they hadn't close the door yet so we took our middle seats in separate rows (was this D boarding priority on Southwest, or what?) and I slept a little in between segments from This American Life on my ipod. In the end the timing was nearly perfect, but who needs the stress we put ourselves through. I have enough anxiety with flying that I don't need it to start out this way! So lesson learned is that when traveling with another person (something I'm sadly not accustomed to doing) we need to make sure one of us is managing to the predetermined time schedule!
An egg mcmuffin and starbuck's later, we were on the road to Cambridge, Idaho with Richard's friend Mary. Richard came to Idaho to see some friends and do some work for them in their family real estate business. I came along so I could experience a part of Idaho with Richard that enjoys and to get some snowboarding in. We spent the day in the Cambridge office where Richard worked with the Noah's and I kicked some butt working thorugh items on my work to-do list. From Cambridge, we drove up to McCall to spend the weekend with Richard's friend Sadie+ her boyfriend and two dogs.
The weekend was a nice, laid back getaway from the buzz of the bug city. McCall is an absolutely gorgeous small town nestled in the mountains and right on Lake Payette. Usually when I visit small towns in the winter I am in love with the cozy ski town feel and don't get as excited about returning in the summer. With McCall, I can't wait to check out the lake on a sunny day with a stop at the Yacht Club for cold beers. Oh the Yacht Club... this is where I saw this cutie putting on his groove thing across the dance floor and realized that cutie was my boyfriend! He swares I was so drunk I imagined the whole thing. It was a fun end to a night that started off at a very cool, down to earth wine bar called Bistro 45. Unfortunately, it also meant we were in no shape to snowboard on Sunday, but fortunately we got 1 good day in at Brundage, a small local moutain with some great pitch and trees.
Monday we lazed around Sadie's place where I got in a short run in the snow before we made the 2+ hour drive back to Boise for my flight out. I still can't believe how much the city and the airport have changed since I worked there 10 years ago. (Side note: Am I really old enough to have worked for 10 years?!) The one thing that hasn't changed is that I still love getting away to Idaho - the people are friendly and there are some cool little places hidden in this state where the word hasn't gotten out to the masses yet.
