ILA

Wednesday October 3rd is all about driving up to Nampa and the need to pay attention to where one is going. Cheryl and I left mid morning going west into a serious headwind. The day was beautiful and we had every intention of stopping in Twin for lunch. Unfortunately we were talking so much that I forgot to pay attention to the signs and we were at Bliss before I realized I had missed Twin. Rats!

We had two concurrent themes for the trip. Theme one - Raptors, it seemed that every fence post, high point and telephone pole had some kind of hawk lurking about on it. We saw a broad winged hawk, lots of swainson's hawks, many red tailed hawks, a kestrel, possibly a two ravens (I know, they aren't raptors, but they are still cool) and later that evening a golden eagle.

The other theme was Chocolate. I had grabbed a couple of dark mint chocolate bars for snacking and we shared one on the way there (particularly since we missed the lunch turnout). Once at Boise we headed in towards the Co-op. Cheryl spotted the Egyptian restaurant on the Left so we made an impulsive sudden decision and ate lunch there. They have an afternoon buffet that is really great. Next, shopping. We went to the Co-op, Eyes of the World and Cost Plus. Chocolate was found at two of the three places. Eyes of the World, usually has the best jewelry, but this time it was kinda lacking. So we packed up the mobile red suitcase (aka my red car) and headed to Nampa and the hotel.

We found dinner in Meridian at a fabulous Thai place called Sa Wah Dee
Yummy!!! http://www.sawaddeethai.com/ 1890 E Fairview Ave # B, Meridian (208) 884-0701

We arrived late to the ILA reception, but that was okay. We watched a couple of the Ballet Folklorico performances, and all of the Native American Entertainment and Irish Dancers. The Native American guy got us up and dancing in a big circle. As ISU Librarians trickled in we became the most numerous group. WHEEEE.

Later that night Cheryl and I did yoga and finally got to sleep. All in all a very fun day.

For more on my ILA trip see my boring Library Banter Blog Entries:
Keynote Speaker ILA - day one
GIS and Libraries - day one
But I Didn’t Even Like History - Lunch with author Kirby Larson
Podcasting - day one
Joy on the Job - day two
Susan Swetnam - Carnegie Public Libraries - Lunch
Bibliographic Software - day two

The trip home on Friday (we left the conference at the end of the last session) we encountered no wind, but there were no raptors either. A little of the chocolate got us to Twin Falls where we really did get our Thai food. Eyup we love the Thai food. A Taste of Thai http://www.atasteofthai.net 837 Poleline Rd, Twin Falls, ID 83301, (208) 735-8333

The rain came down on us gently as we drove the last hour into Pocatello. We were home by 10:00 that night. All in all I had a great time! Cheryl is a great roommate.

After later
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