the reviews are in!
Allie’s 15th birthday was Sunday, so we celebrated all weekend! Allie is the daughter of Moth and Licorice who are friends with Huckleberry and Peanut Butter. Saturday we went to see Hancock and then we ate Indian food at Madhuban in Eagle, Idaho.
Left to right: Zeke, Brains, Trespass (the blog author), Allie, Moth, Hunter, Licorice, Tink, and Hitch
Then on Sunday we went to Roaring Springs, which for some reason I kept wanting to call Roaring Thunder. When Roaring Springs closed we headed over to Boondocks for some Putt Put and Go-Cart fun.
reviews after the jump!
Hancock! (there is no exclamation point in the official title… although there should have been)
Have you ever seen a commercial for a Public Relations firm? I haven’t either – but I think this movie might have been written by the PR department at Columbia. I’m not saying that this movie is bad because of it, I just thought this movie was a perfect pitch for hiring a PR firm for all the superheros or villains who might be reading my blog.
I had seen the teaser trailer, but didn’t really know what the movie was about other than the ‘will smith needs to shave’ part. I thought it looked like an interesting take on a fallen super-hero, and that proved to be dead on. I really liked where the story went, a few fun surprises and plenty of popcorn and chuckles to go around.
Here’s the trailer if you hadn’t seen it yet.
Madhuban
I come from a family who enjoys and appreciates hot and spicy food. The spicier the dish, the wider the smile (as we wipe the sweat from our brow of course).
Madhuban’s “Bombay Spicy” Chicken Vindalu hit the spot! I was sweating after eating a third of the dish. Thankfully some others in the group got a Korma dish and a Sofia dish so I could have some sweet relief. I ususally get the Chicken Tikka Masala from Naan N Curry in the Inner Sunset, which is a cheap eat with unusually flavorful dishes.
I would definitely recommend eating here when you come and hang with the Boise crew!
Roaring Springs
After getting an early start at around 2pm, we finally got to the first ride which was ‘The Avalanche’. Moth and I got into the raft. I faced Moth and Moth faced forward, so it meant that I was facing backward. Imagine jumping off a diving board backwards so you couldn’t see the water coming up to you… talk about shear terror! That got the adrenaline pumping and we were off to a good start.
We went on every ride at least once because it wasn’t too crowded. I also had some overpriced pizza during the course of our adventures, but it helped me keep going and they don’t let you bring your own food into the park.
I think everyone in our group would agree that the Pipeline Mines was the best ride in the park. We heard several other groups of people say the same thing.
Allie’s friend Veronica joined us for the day and provided extra screams that I think could be heard for miles around. It looked like they both had a ton of fun!
Boondocks
After a long day of splashing we finally got to get some good racing going. It took several times around the gokart tracks to figure out which were the fastest gokarts, 74, 76 and a two seater numbered 75 were the fastest ones on the track. Even though the signs all say ‘no bumping’ its really hard to pass some people without spinning them out with a little nudge. 
Go Karts were so much fun, I couldn’t stop laughing. I think my cheek muscles are sore!
Next time I’ll remember to bring in my camera. I had left it in the car, so I had to steal these cheesy photos off of their websites. I think everyone was exhausted by the end of the day.
