Boise Graffiti in Salt Lake City

Food truck rally

Stepped out of my comfort zone and went to the Boise food truck rally yesterday. I had a lot of fun and the food was tasty!

I started at the Voluptuos Vittles truck and tasted a guru doughnut with peanut crusted chicken and Asian slaw. 

It was good, but wish the frosting had been left off the doughnut.  Was a little too sweet.

Then I went to the Free Range Pizza truck for a tiny slice of pepperoni pizza. 

Next up the Calle 75 Taco truck.

They had mini carne asada and carnita tacos.

How about a pulled chicken sandwich - smoked chicken, herb toasted bread, aioli and arugula. So yummy! (Saint Lawrence Gridiron)

The Bel Cibo Truck had the most awesome potato balls!  Mashed potatoes  mixed with bacon, green onions, and cheese.

Will definitely be going to the next rally. Yum!

Boise City Center

Anchored

This is something new to me and most the houses around here look like ships who have set anchors.  Why do they run a long chain from the gutter?  I assumed it's acting as a downspout, guiding the water to the ground, but why not just use a downspout?  I mean, it's not like leaves and pine needles will clog it like they did in Wisconsin. . . 

Feeling loved

In our mail today we got a lovely thank you letter (with free pie) from Marie Callender's, and a nice hand-written thank you card from our new State Farm agent.  The Boise area is sure showing us some love. :)

Just a mountain drive

What I've learned after 24 hours in the Boise area

In no particular order:

• People here are friendlier than Wisconsin.  It was a shock when I moved to Wisconsin that no spoke as they passed, no one held a door and no one said thank you if I held the door for them.  I felt very alone.  I already don't feel lonely here as everyone chats, holds doors, etc.  I feel so happy to be seen, and not looked past!
• Gas is higher, no surprise really.
• WalMart has self-checkouts.  That's all I used back home so I was really worried about it, lol.
• Food is cheaper, even eating out.
• Rent is higher.
• There are mountains to the left of me, mountains to the right and I enjoy seeing them standing above me.  I love watching the sun glow behind them while I wait in shadows for the light.
• After living in Central time zone my entire life it may take a while for me to quit waking up at 4 am - I hope soon as light isn't here until 8ish.
• I saw a watermelon honor stand - we had many self-pay, honor, places back home so am very happy to see that too. :)
• Hewlett Packard is here.
• Scentsy is here.
• They have never heard of French Dressing - at least the lady at Smashburger hasn't.
• Lots of cigarette shops and signs about vaping and vapors - label me clueless - although believe it's electric cigs they speak of.
• While looking for a house we discovered we didn't like the looks of Nampa or Star, but did like Eagle and Meridian.
• They've planted so many trees, even on parking lots, that it's hard to see what stores are there, lol.
• Roses and other flowers are still blooming.

Overall, I do like it here, it is way busier than I am used to but I think I can adjust, and I miss family.