Event

This month, the merry band of intrepid Happy Hour'ers will again wander over to Southeast Boise's famous Lucky 13. http://www.lucky13pizza.com/ As with all the places we visit, it too serves wonderful brews, superior food, great service, and (if you can join us) great company. Note: Lucky 13's own 'Happy Hour' is from 4 to 6 pm. So if you show up in time to get your order in before Happy Hour closes, you can save more. :) If you don't know who to look for, we usually have a few hiking books being shared around the table. But call first just so we know to look out for you!

At the risk of stating the obvious, this monthly event is just a way to socialize off the trail. No nametags (some clubs have nametags???), just friendly conversation (usually about either the latest hike or the upcoming hike). Members and non-members alike are more than welcome. Should be a really relaxing hour or two

All club members who have completed IMR Trip Leader training are encouraged to come to Lucky 13 for a "meeting" whose sole purpose is to post summer trips.  Using Lucky 13's wi-fi, trip leaders are welcome to bring their laptops to access the club website.  If it's not convenient to bring your laptop / don't have one, others will be happy to post your trip for you on their laptops.  Everyone who posts a trip that evening will have their pizza paid for by IMR!  (Sorry, our lawyers/accountants :) are reluctant to have us buy your beer as well.  Note: Happy Hour prices end at 6 pm.)  And if you post a trip between now and the meeting, well, that counts too!  Please call to let us know you are coming so we'll know how large of a table (upstairs?) to set up.

This month, the merry band of intrepid Happy Hour'ers will wander over to Southeast Boise's famous Lucky 13.  http://www.lucky13pizza.com/  As with all the places we visit, it too serves wonderful brews, superior food, great service, and (if you can join us) great company.  Note: Lucky 13's own 'Happy Hour' is from 4 to 6 pm.  So if you show up in time to get your order in before Happy Hour closes, you can save more.  :)    If you don't know who to look for, we usually have a few hiking books being shared around the table.  But call first just so we know to look out for you!  

At the risk of stating the obvious, this monthly event is just a way to socialize off the trail.  No nametags (some clubs have nametags???), just friendly conversation (usually about either the latest hike or the upcoming hike).   Members and non-members alike are more than welcome.  Should be a really relaxing hour or two.

Idaho's mountains provide opportunities for snow climbs in late spring and early summer - and sometimes even late summer.  If your self-belay fails on an ascent or your glissade gets out of control on a descent, self-arrest using your ice ax may be your only chance to stop yourself.   Practice ahead of time will give you the skill to use your ax properly in this situation.

We will seek out a steep slope with a safe runout to practice self-arrest from different starting positions - feet first, head first, face up, face down.

This event is free and open to IMR members only.  Participants need their mountaineering ax and snow-proof outer layers.  Snowshoes or skis (with climbing skins) may be required to access practice slopes.

No dogs, please.

We had such a great crowd last month at Leku Ona, we've decided to go back this month.  At 117 S. 6th St, Boise, http://www.iparagon.com/lekuona/, it serves wonderful brews, superior food, great service, and, well, if you can make it, great company.  Note: LO's own 'Happy Hour' closes at 5:30pm (at which time the computer closes it out so overriding the computer is not gonna happen).  So if you show up in time to get your order in before 5:30, you can save more.  :)   If you don't know who to look for, we usually have a few hiking books being shared around the table.  But call first just so we know to look out for you!  Finally, the main bar is what you are in the moment you open the door.  However, the music in the main bar is a bit loud for conversation, so we just turn to the right, go through another door and have a quieter room for our (sometimes loud) banter. 

At the risk of stating the obvious, this monthly event is just a way to socialize off the trail. No nametags (some clubs have nametags???), just friendly conversation (usually about either the latest hike or the upcoming hike). Members and non-members alike are more than welcome. Should be a really relaxing hour or two.

Several years ago, Kerry McClay proposed an adventurous plan to his small group of outdoor inclined friends: Over the course of two weeks, walk from the City of Boise to Redfish Lake in the Sawtooth Wilderness, and eat only what could be found along the way.  After enlisting the aid of a professional naturalist and published primitive skills expert, they spent the next two years preparing for the trip.  In August 2010 they embarked on their journey.  This presentation/ picture slide show documents the trip route, skills learned in preparation, local edible plant species, stories of their most challenging moments and lessons learned along the way.

 
Kerry grew up in Boise and is very passionate about exploring the natural landscape of Idaho and beyond.  He currently works as the outdoor education director at Bogus Basin Mountain Recreation Area
 
 
IMR monthly meetings are a way to hear about topics of interest to Idaho outdoor enthusiasts. The meetings are usually held on the 3rd Tuesday of the month and are free and open to the public.  (Of course, we shamelessly hope you like what you see and will join the club--but we also don’t pressure you!)  We provide outing updates, announcements, and have a 45-minute presentation followed by discussion and/or social time so people have a chance to meet one another.
 
IMR holds meetings at the MK Nature Center Education Building,  (http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/cms/education/mknc) (next to Idaho Fish and Game), 600 South Walnut, Boise, Idaho, from 7-9pm.  Meetings are from September through May.  In June, July, and August we have potluck picnics

The price of gas is up, you are supposed to attend a party that evening, and you are desperate to get a wilderness transfusion. What are you gonna do?
 
Scott Marchant, inveterate hiking guide author, has many answers for you in his latest work, “The Hiker's Guide to Greater Boise.” The book has 50 detailed hikes near or in the Boise Foothills, Smith's Ferry and Sagehen Reservoir, Crouch and Garden Valley, Idaho City, Middle Fork of the Boise River, Leslie Gulch and the Snake River/North Owyhees.  He will present a slide show with some of the best hikes in different categories—view hikes, wildflower hikes, backpack hikes, solitude hikes, creek hikes, aerobic hikes, etc.  There are many hikes that are fairly obscure.
 
This new hiking guide will be published in mid-April but will not be available at stores until June 1; the only way to purchase the book until then will be at the meeting, the Capital City Farmer's Market, or via his website (http://scottmarchant.net/).  

IMR monthly meetings are a way to hear about topics of interest to Idaho outdoor enthusiasts. The meetings are usually held on the 3rd Tuesday of the month and are free and open to the public.  (Of course, we shamelessly hope you like what you see and will join the club--but we also don’t pressure you!)  We provide outing updates, announcements, and have a 45-minute presentation followed by discussion and/or social time so people have a chance to meet one another.
 
IMR holds meetings at the MK Nature Center Education Building,  (http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/cms/education/mknc) (next to Idaho Fish and Game), 600 South Walnut, Boise, Idaho, from 7-9pm.  Meetings are from September through May.  In June, July, and August we have potluck picnics

     The Boise River has worked hard since 1863. That was the year Euro-Americans took over its management from Native Americans. Everything changed: land use, water use, the flood plain, water quality, the river economy, attitudes, policy. Today, Boise rafters and tube floaters sometimes celebrate our beautiful pristine river and hope to preserve and enhance it.

     Our speaker, Susan Stacy, will review the remarkable history of Boise River's "work ethic" and how we got to today's pristine river.

Brief Biography of Susan M. Stacy

     Susan Stacy came to the study of history after a career in land use planning. After obtaining her undergraduate degree at Georgetown University, serving two years in the Peace Corps, and working for the poverty program in the 1960s, she changed course to become a land-use planner. She came to Boise in 1973 and eventually became the director of the Boise City Planning Department. During her years, the city surveyed the environmental characteristics of the Boise River and enacted the city's first Boise River Plan.

     In 1986, she began her career as a consulting historian, obtaining a Master of History at Boise State University. Her first client was the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, who asked for a history of flood control on Boise River. The work was published as When the River Rises. Since then she has written four other books on Idaho history, the latest being Some Good Place, a biography of Tom and Julia Davis. Tom was a founder of Boise City and one of the most illustrious pioneers to settle on the banks of the riverThe Boise River threads through town and we all enjoy it - either biking or running alongside on the Greenbelt, paddling or floating, fishing, or just watching birds.

IMR monthly meetings are a way to hear about topics of interest to Idaho outdoor enthusiasts. The meetings are usually held on the 3rd Tuesday of the month and are free and open to the public.  (Of course, we shamelessly hope you like what you see and will join the club--but we also don’t pressure you!)  We provide outing updates, announcements, and have a 45-minute presentation followed by discussion and/or social time so people have a chance to meet one another.
 
IMR holds meetings at the MK Nature Center Education Building,  (http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/cms/education/mknc) (next to Idaho Fish and Game), 600 South Walnut, Boise, Idaho, from 7-9pm.  Meetings are from September through May.  In June, July, and August we have potluck picnics

This month we're going back to Leku Ona, 117 S. 6th St, Boise, http://www.iparagon.com/lekuona/, which is where we went for a year or two of Happy Trails Hours before we decided to move the location around to meet the needs of those who couldn't make it downtown. Wonderful brews, superior food, great service, and, well, if you can make it, great company.  (If we think about it, we'll have a few hiking books being shared around the table. But call first just so we know to look out for you!)

At the risk of stating the obvious, this monthly event is just a way to socialize off the trail. No nametags (some clubs have nametags???), just friendly conversation (usually about either the latest hike or the upcoming hike). Members and non-members alike are more than welcome. Should be a really relaxing hour or two.

We haven’t had a beer in southeast Boise for a bit, so we thought we’d go back since we had such a nice time the last time we went out there.  The place is at Bown Crossing and is called “Beer:Thirty”  (It used to be Brewforia.)  An excerpt from the Statesman of all the food and drink available is further below.  If we think about it, we'll have a few hiking books being shared around the table to let you know what table we’re at.  But, just to be safe, call first so we'll know to look out for you!

At the risk of stating the obvious, this monthly event is just a way to socialize off the trail. No nametags (some clubs have nametags???), just friendly conversation (usually about either the latest hike or an upcoming hike).  Members and non-members alike are more than welcome. Should be a really relaxing hour or two.

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It’s Bier:Thirty. Time for a craft beer in Bown Crossing.

Bier:Thirty Bottle & Bistro co-owner Chris Oates said the recent decision to leave the Brewforia Beer Market name behind and adopt the new name for his craft beer store in Bown Crossing was over a difference in long term philosophy —  not a falling out with Brewforia owner Rick Boyd.

So the beer store with 400 beers in bottles for sale and 10 taps for drafts and growler refills at 3073 South Bown Way is no longer called Brewforia. It's "Bier:Thirty Bottle & Bistro". The owners say they are committed as ever to being the premier destination for craft beer enthusiasts in East Boise. It’s just that the bistro has a new name. They do want to expand their menu a little bit more, and they also - gasp! —  offer wine by the glass.

Bier:Thirty Bottle & Bistro. The name is a riff on the concept that there is never a bad time to enjoy a craft beer. It’s always beer thirty.

Oates says he is excited about the future of Bier:Thirty in Bown and is already  experimenting with the menu to add more dishes.They can’t do pizzas or flatbreads, because the Flatbread Community Oven is only a few doors down.

But they are experimenting with adding more entrees, which they call “plates” (more like single dishes — not a typical meat, starch, vegetable entrees), to their already impressive list of sandwiches, chicken wings, appetizers.

For instance, they are developing plates based on the sloppy joe and another featuring meatloaf with truffle mashed potatoes to go along with the current plates like northwest “bangers and mash” (chicken sausage on top of sweet potatoes) and beer broth mussels.
The important thing out of all this is east Boise residents still have a bottle shop to call their own, a place where they can get a sixer or a growler refill without having to go Downtown or anywhere else. It also continues to make Bown Crossing a destination place for the rest of the Treasure Valley —  like Hyde Park east.

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