Boise and Truckee
Trip Start
Nov 11, 2008
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Trip End
Dec 11, 2008
Truckee,
California,
United States
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Sarah at the Basque Museum
The Basque's have and interesting history in Idaho.
Basque area in Boise
They first came to Idaho as sheepherders, but quickly assimilated in to typical American occupations.
Basque Hand Ball Court
The Basque's play many versions of Jai Alai This photo is one of the two wall versions. 
Basque Plaque
We also visited the Boise State stadium to view first hand the famous Blue Grass.
Blue Grass
Tuesday evening, Christy and I attended a lecture in the Morrison Center at Boise State. Greg Mortenson the author of Three Cups of Tea discussed his work building schools in Pakistan. Over 2000 people attended his lecture - a full house. I was amazed at the great response. The people of Boise are really behind his cause.
On Wednesday, I toured St. Luke's Hospital and then drove to Truckee. St. Luke's is a great hospital. In many ways it is superior to Shands. The Emergency Room is large and the waiting area is clean and so efficient that only two patients were waiting to be helped.. St. Luke's also has large automatic circular doors the allow efficient flow of foot traffic.
