Boise Here We Come! Cindy's Perspective

We decided to get an early start on what would be a long day's drive.  This plan came as a result of staying an extra 24 hours in Olympia (it's so dang hard to leave the Pacific Northwest and I was hoping that would give us enough time to buy a house).

We Cheech drove a grueling 8 hours from Olympia to Boise!  That left me with the task of intermittent napping mixed with the occasional snoring of helping Cheech navigate and stay alert and awake.  (I find snoring sounds to be quite effective in keeping others awake.)  What can is say... I know how to do my part and I did it well.

We arrived in Boise around 3:30, Cheech took a short nap, (for some unexplained reason I was wide awake) and then we jetted off to downtown.  This was our reconnoiter trip.  Our primary goal was to find a restaurant and local breweries points of interest and create a sightseeing of plan action.

Here's our list for tomorrow:

• Bike the greenbelt
• Tube down the city river
• Visit the Historical Society
• Visit the Botanical Gardens
• Visit the Art Museum
• Visit the Discovery Museum
• Take a tour of the State Capitol
• Go to the Farmer's Market

By my calculations we will need to start the day at 4:00 am tomorrow, spend no more than 53 minutes at any one location, skip all three meals, plan the most efficient route from one location to another, and stay out until at least midnight.  This may sound less than relaxing to some, but over the years we have actually spend a number of sightseeing days with a very similar schedule.  We just think of this as the vacation version of speed dating.  Our travel motto: "Speed Vacationing- Seeing very little of a lot of places."

I'll let you know how it goes tomorrow.
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