We started our trip by driving down to Greenville on Thursday evening to spend the night and catch our early morning (6:40) flight. We drove through downtown Greenville because neither of us had ever been through Greenville before, which was a much cuter town than I had imagined and had a great toy store. Then we found a hotel and went for dinner at the Macaroni Grill. I don't think I had been there since I lived in Chapel Hill, but the whole crayons and wine on the table was still fun. Even if the food wasn't terrific, there was tons of it - we saved our leftovers for our 5am meal. Mushroom ravioli isn't quite as good at 5am, but it did the job.
We got to the airport with plenty of time. Which turned out to be good because our first flight was cancelled and they had rebooked us onto a 2p.m. flight, which meant we would not get into Boise till 9 p.m. We quickly asked if there were any other options, and got onto a 9:00 a.m. flight out of Greenville, but the next two flights, to Salt Lake and then Boise were stand-bys.
The flight from Atlanta to Salt Lake was so overbooked that they changed to a larger plane and we got on. The flight from Salt Lake to Boise was also overbooked, but two people took Delta's offer of $600 towards another flight and then two passengers didn't show up, so at the very last minute we got on and arrived in Boise around 5:00.
We picked up our gold Dodge Charger and headed to Pat's parents where we had pizza! We planned on just taking a quick nap and then meeting a couple of Pat's friends out on the town....but I woke up about 10 hours later!
The Greenville airport has an outdoor waiting area.
You can tell mid-air when you have reached the west, when you look down and everything is in perfect squares and irrigation made circles. The east looks a little more haphazard.
You can tell you're in a fancy airport bar when the chandelier is made out of beer bottles. Cool idea though.
This was a pot at the Greenville airport, but I think Mom created one just like it for Jessica's wedding.
We arrived in Boise just in time for Pat's birthday on Saturday. First we met with Tim and Pat's friend John for lunch - during which we passed through the Basque Festival. 
Saturday night we had a steak dinner with his family, followed by a night on the town with Pat's friend Jimmy who shares Pat's birthday. That's a not-so-great picture of Jimmy singing Karaoke. 
Then on Sunday there was another family gathering, this one in honor of Brenda's birthday, who is Pat's brother's wife's daughter-in-law. Is that a step-niece-in-law to him? Who cares what it's called, it was fun to meet her and her husband, Caleb
and their very cute son, Nathan. Kellena and Marilee were also there. Gina fixed a great meal with strawberries and whipped cream for dessert!
