A Hike, Sheep Herding, & Pizza with friends

 We went on a hike today with our friends from the ward, the Morgans. I love Boise for the tiny ward boundaries. Everyone lives within about a mile radius of us! We had the Morgans and another couple from the ward over for ice cream a few months back and have been wanting to do something together ever since. They enjoy the foothills as well, so we did a hike together. We got to the foothills around 10:30 and it was gorgeous, and great hiking weather in the high 60s or so.

 These couple pictures taken just along the side of the trail.

Lots of trail pictures below. You could see for miles!

Trying to get a close-up of the flowers:

Violet ones

And white and yellow

This one you can see the flowers a bit better:

Bikers whizzing by... On your left!

Purple flowers up the side of the hill-kind of hard to see:

That is sheep in the corner. We were on our hike and came across this sheep herding demonstration. There was a person whistling, then the border collie would herd the sheep based on the whistles. Or something like that... we only caught the last few minutes before it was over. It was cool, though!

The sheep herded into their pen:

Us with the sheep! The sign informed us that lamb only contains 175 calories per 3 ounce serving, which meets the FDA standards for "lean meat". Wouldn't have guessed that, because I have made lamb gyros at home, and they seemed quite a bit more oily than other meats. BUT it sure is delicious. 

More of the sheep:

We were basically famished. So, we went to the Flying Pie Pizzaria. Tyler had been wanting to try a good local pizza place, and the Morgans suggested it. 

It turns out that this place was featured on an episode of Man vs. Food! The host called it his "pizza home away from home" on the signed menu below. 

First came the free and fresh breadsticks! nom nom nom..

When the waiter came, we got him to take a picture. He was a bit concerned that the flash washed out our faces, but I told him he did a great job :)

They have a horn by the door that you can honk, then the crew whoops, hollers, and cheers for you. It was fun!

So, that was our day of fun. Now I am chilling out until I get the energy for a shopping trip! :)