Boise, Idaho, Temple Open House

28 October 2012

Friday we left for Boise about 10:00am. It was a bit on the cold outside, but the sun was out. There were some clouds floating across the sky and some were even down on the ground at the base of the Wellsville mountains. As we travelled closer to Idaho the skies filled with up more with clouds.  It looked like we might get rained on but it never happened.  We stayed on 84 all the way out of Logan into Idaho.  We didn't stop until we reached Twin Falls about 12:30pm.  We ate a quick lunch at McDonalds then continued on to Boise.

Our first stop was the Employment Center.  I wanted to touch bases with Sister Lee and Sister Remnet, my MTC companions.  It was about 3pm when we walked into the ERC.  We compared notes on our two AJS programs.  Our next stop was the Boise Temple Open House.  Unlike the Brigham City Temple Open House, they had guided tours with explanations until we arrived at the Celestial level, then it is was silent.

I took Sister Bews to her family's place which wasn't more than 20 minutes away then headed over to Sister Lee's and Sister Remnet's apartment.  We went to Sizzler to enjoy their salad bar (I'm becoming a fan of the Sizzler salad bar), then back to their apartment to talk and catch up.  I stayed the night with them.  Sister Bews went Trunk or Treating with her family and spent the night with them.

Our trip home was much longer.  I wanted to go through Preston, Idaho, to see what the area looked like.  Our mission and ERC serves all the way to Preston.  We stopped again at Twin Falls for a bite and took pictures.  Sister Bews has been past Twin Falls but never stopped there to see the sights.  We only stopped for gas in Pocatello then headed down I-15 and took the Downy/Preseton exit to 91.  The rest of our trip was along 91.  It is pretty country and farmland along that route.  Most of the cities are less than 1000 in population until you get to Preston which is just over 5000.  Highway 91 is two lanes until you get to Preston then it goes to four lanes through Logan and Brigham City until it hits I-15 again.  We left Boise around noon and arrived in Logan at 6pm (I thought it would be 6:30pm).  We ate dinner at Sizzler then went to the apartment and crashed.

Snake River