Idaho, it's good to be home

Vacation is always an adventure and it doesn't have to be extravagant to be enjoyable.  Living the simple life, spending time with family and friends and enjoying good food and great beer is what it's all about.  After 11 days, 8 breweries, 1,250 miles and several 1,000 calories it is nice to be home.  The Basecamp WAS all it was cracked up to be.  I slept like a baby and who knows, I may just go sleep in the driveway again.

First and foremost, I have to give a special kudos to my wife for deep cleaning the house before we left, it is so nice to walk in the door after driving most of the day and having a clean house.  There is nothing worse than unfolding oneself from a vehicle you've been traveling in all day with kids and opening the door to find what looks like nuclear holocaust, only to recall the frantic rush in which you originally left for vacation.  So, for that, I'll raise my glass to my beautiful bride.

I'm fairly certain that we had the wildest spring break weather I can remember.  We left with snowfall, drove to Corvallis with snowfall, arrived to two days of snowfall, (in a place that hasn't seen snow in 3 years) got a couple days of 60 - 70 degrees, rain, snow, clear skies in Bend and all the way home.  I truly love the Northwest in the spring, the weather keeps things interesting.

We only had the opportunity to visit 4 of the 18 breweries now in Bend (which happens to be the highest per capita of any city in the US).  With that being said, I will be back and soon.  Boise has a real treat headed their way in 10 Barrel Brewing Co.   The pub fare was great and the beer, all of which came in under 7% ABV, could have kept me captive for a long period of time.  They will be a great addition to the Boise market.  Bend and the beer revolution taking place there is proof positive that competition makes everyone better.

They say there's no place like home.  For the moment, I'll take it, confident however, I could live in either city I just spent time in.  For now, I'm thankful for what I have and for what I have the opportunity to do.

Cheers

Room and board, aka the Basecamp

Get ready Boise