It's Spring Again!!

It has been an interesting weather year so far this year. Snow was very late in coming to the area. But once it came, we had a lot of it, especially in the mountains!  When it came time for spring, we would have days is the 80s, but the next day, rainy and in the 30s.
Spring is my favorite time of year, because I love to see the flowers starting to come up after the gray drab winter.  This is what we have been seeing in the neighborhood lately.

Another sign of spring around here is what we call "The Rooster Tail."  In the spring, the Boise river get lots of run off from the mountains. There are 3 reservoirs above Boise that the water people (whoever they are!) use to manage the run off. From the base of Lucky Peak damn, which is the lowest reservoir, there is a special valve that they only turn on in the spring. It releases ALOT of water at one time, and shoots it into the air, hence the rooster tail. This year we Mike, Meg, and I decided to go up and see it. Mike had never seen it. We invited Grandpa and Grandma to go with and off we went! Here is the rooster tail:

On the way back, we stopped at a restaurant called The Brick Oven Beanery and had dinner. I had the vegetable cheese soup. And yes, that is a scoop of  mashed potatoes right in the middle!  Yum.....

I  LOVE  SPRING!!!