Every time Boise makes a "Top 10" list, you hear people who've called Idaho home for as long as they can remember grumble about how it's causing more growth.
When temperatures reach the 90s, it's easy to start dreaming of the days where you'll be relaxing on your favorite raft, giant flamingo or air mattress as you float toward Ann Morrison Park. Unfortunately, Boise River float season might be further away than you'd hoped for.
If you were out and about on the Greenbelt at all over the weekend, you know it's that time of year where you're bound to run into flooding detours and fast moving water.
This was the scene at the Boise River (just past the Parkcenter Bridge) on Tuesday afternoon. Starting today, it will look a little different as the flow level increases.
By now we've all heard about the 19-year-old girl who was injured when a man jumped off a bridge and landed on her in the Boise River.
Don't do that. It's illegal.
After the months of record-setting flows on the Boise River, many of us are waiting for the "all clear" to enjoy one of the perks of Boise in the summer: Floating the river.