Idaho Wedding & Bob Dylan !!!
Back in august I was invited to go to my cousin’s wedding in Boise, Idaho and since this was my first time out there I was super stoked. My aunt, cousin, and several family friends have been living out there for years so it was a perfect time to go visit.
Most of you guys know I hate flying and being in a dinky jet started to freak me out. Fortunately, when we were flying from LA to Boise my uncles and aunties from Hawaii got onto the same flight and helped me relax.
Somewhere over Nevada….
After checking into our hotel we went straight to the wedding rehearsal dinner. It was great to finally see where my cousin grew up and take in the wonderful nature around. The air was clean, fresh and the parks were so chill.
Even made some new friends…..
Cooking up a big BBQ. I ate so much on this trip it’s crazy….but it was worth it…haha.
The park was along the Boise River Greenbelt that flowed through the town and people would float down in inner tubes suntanning and fishing. I heard it last for about three hours. We didn’t get enough time to do it this trip but you know we’ll hit it up next time.
Congrats to my cousin Jessa and welcome to the family Dave!
We had some time before the late afternoon wedding to walk around downtown and check out the weekend street market and stores. I really enjoyed the people and the downtown setting.
The Boise capital building located in the heart of downtown.
They need these in HK to keep the rivers clean….
The day after the wedding my auntie Suzy took us to where she and her husband used to live up in the mountains about an hour outside of town. So nice!
There were streams where people would go swimming and catch salmon to take home too.
Later that night I saw my favorite artist In the whole world BOB DYLAN!!!!!!!!!!!!
This was hands down the best show I’ve ever seen and experienced in my whole life. When he walked out I started to get tears in my eyes and just seeing him so close playing some of the greatest songs ever was just mind blowing. Since I was in the front row leaning on the barrier I wasn’t allowed to take pics cause of the security in front of me but someone next to me did so here’s my view for the whole show. I swear he could see us right there.
This year Charlie Sexton was back and the band was amazing. I got there four hours early to get to the front barrier and stood eight feet away from Dylan the whole show. This was my second time seeing him play (last time was in 2003) but over the years I just kept becoming a bigger and bigger fan so it was insane. He opened with “Rainy Day Women #12 & #35″ so you know what was happening around me. He also played some of my favorite tunes including “Blind Willie Mctell,” ”Just Like a Women,” “Highway 61,” “Ballad of a Thin Man,” “Most likely you go your way,” and closed with my favorite song ever “Like a Rolling Stone”!!!
This is the view of the stage at Idaho Botanical Gardens. It was in the field of an abandoned prison what a trip. I was speechless after the gig and it really made me rethink how I’ve been doing music out here in HK and made me re-evaluate a lot of things. What an amazing memory of my first time to Boise. The next day we flew back to LA and San Diego, more about that in the next blog…..
Posted on October 27th, 2010 by Ryan Hui
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