Trip to Boise 2008 - High Valley Cabin.

From Trip to Boise 2008 - High Valley Cabin

Everyone really bent over backwards for Becca and I while we were up there. We pretty much spent the entire time doing what we wanted and having everyone asking us if we were having a good time and if we what we wanted to do. It was pretty great. This extended to our trip up to the Cabin. Emma arranged for us to stay at her aunt's amazing bird watching sanctuary which did not have a name that I caught, but should have been called "The Nest". This place was amazing. built totally within a big round structure the bottom floor had two bedrooms, a nice big living room, a bathroom (a real running water type of bathroom...not a hole in the ground type that would have made becca hitchike back to LA) and a little laundry Area. The upstairs is one huge lodge type kitchen / family area. It was so comfortable and awesome!

We had a great time, everyone that I show these pictures to in LA sort of can't believe it, but it's real I say...we even heard Elk while roasting "schmoos".

You can download these pics here or you can just watch the slide show:

Better late than never.

From Trip to Boise 2008 - Lucky Peak

Thanks to Jeff for reminding me that I have yet to post all the pics from the Idaho trip. Those of you in LA will already have been forced to sit through one or two slide shows on the subject, but in these complicated, often troubling times there are some family members who may not yet have been subjected to all of the these pictures, so these posts will be for you.

Starting off in Chronological order, we have the pics we took up at Lucky Peak. Unfortunately, the boat did not survive the trip and we ended up ruining the party time of a group of Boise State co-eds who's dock we took over with our inflatable tow toys and squirt guns. Now these docks are public mind, but some Idaho douche slides his massive speed boat up to the dock that we were all hanging out on and says "what's going on here?" Not "How's it Going" or "Hey our stuff is on the shore, we're going to eat lunch, but we'll try to share this public resource..." nope, just 'what's going on here" (subtext...I got all these chicks in Bikini's so whats with you sqaures and your kids and your big fat guts ruining our times?) Anywho the old man handled it by speaking Idaho to the dood and they begrudgingly went about their business.

I didn't get any feed back about how you liked the last slide show...so I'm going to assume that you LOVED it and give you another one. If anyone wants to download these pics they are available on my public Picasa album:

Trip to Boise 2008 - Lucky Peak

Otherwise enjoy the slideshow:

An evening at Nocturnum. Boise's best (only?) goth club.

Becca at Nocturnum is like Roger Federer playing a pick up game at the Whitset golf and Tennis club

You know that a goth club is going to be interesting when:

a) doesn't have a proper web site
b) it is held in a bar that usually hosts Greatful Dead cover bands
c) is in a state that stops selling alcahol in stores after 7PM
d) you hear about from your Dad.

Unfortunately for me (but fortunately for you) Becca and I headed out to just such a club on our first night in Boise. It was...interesting. The music was a strange mix of modern stuff like Zombie Girl, musty old Classics like TKK's "Daisy Chain for Satan" and random Electro (Zombie Nation) and Metal (Rammstein). All poured into a mix. The DJ didn't really have theme or a flow...it was like a hot topic employee's ipod put on shuffle. It wasn't bad, but if I didn't already like going to industrial clubs, this one wouldn't be the one to win me over.

The highlight was the drinks. I ordered a Screwdriver, a Beer, and a bottle of water...and the guy said "that'll be five bucks" and I said, "no I wanted a screwdriver, a beer, and a bottle of water...not just a bottle of water." and the guy blinked and looked a little closer at me and said, "yeah, that'll be five bucks".

So all things considered, I bought three beers, two mixed drinks and three waters and spent less than 20 bucks includidng tips for the whole night. Fuck, in LA 20 bucks is parking for some clubs. Incredible.

Anyway, here's some pics...these poor kids don't have a website of their own and one of the chicks wanted becca to email them to her so she could put them on her myspace. Can you imagine that? No party pics site for these poor slutty goth girls? They'd double their attendance with even a simple angelfire free site.

Anyway, prepare yourself: