::ESTO PERPETUA::

Guess where we're headed this weekend?...Yep, home to Boise. We're sooo excited to be in Idaho for a couple of days! Here are some fun facts from us as we leave this weekend...

~POPULATION: about 250,000 at last count (over 5 years ago)
~ELEVATION: approx. 2,842 ft.
~The state's capitol is geothermally heated from underground hot springs.
~The weirdest sight downtown...that nobody seems quite to understand other than that it's the river going up the side of a building...odd...



Of course we can't leave out...SMURF TURF!!!

~But seriously, who else has a potato...complete with butter melting and steam on their license plate?


~The Great Seal of Idaho was designed in 1890 by Mrs. Emma Edwards Green, the ONLY state seal of all 50 states to be designed by a woman!

~The deepest river gorge in North America is Hells Canyon. (which is deeper than the Grand Canyon)

~Idaho grows billions of potatoes-enough to feed each American 120 spuds a year!

~In 1989 legislature designated the Square Dance as the American Folk Dance of Idaho.

~The world's first nuclear power plant is located near Arco.

~In Idaho, it is against the law for anyone over the age of 88 to ride a motorcycle.

~In Idaho law forbids a citizen to give another citizen a box of candy that weighs more than 50 pounds.

AND HERE WE HAVE IDAHO!...Esto Perpetua (the state motto that means: it is forever)

I hope everyone has a great weekend! We'll take lots of pictures so that we're sure to have plenty to blog when we get back!