Of Unsightly Naked Hippie Land, Human Hair Wreaths, 100-Year-Old Candy, Authentic Tibetan Garb, and Twisty Bambooey Things

I know! It's actually been less than a month since my last post. Isn't that terrif? Actually, not much has changed since post the last, except that Alyssa and I did recently go on an ever-so-loverly vacation to Steamboat Springs, Colorado, in which we visited some groovy hippie-operated hot springs where (this is true) clothing is optional after dark (although you will probably be disappointed to learn that we went during the daytime--sorry, "Ben and Alyssa's Adventures in Unsightly Naked Hippie Land" will have to wait for another blog post); hiked to a waterfall; visited the local botanical gardens and pioneer museum (which has a collection of 100-year-old candy and a wreath made entirely of human hair--apparently making weird crap out of hair was quite the fad during Victorian times); and shopped like teenage girls with Daddy's stolen credit card, buying ourselves a plush sheriff's hat for our hat collection, some hip red sunglasses for Alyssa, and a jar of fancy mustard, since we've been lacking in the Fancy Mustard Department for quite some time now and the Farmer's Market we visited last year in Boise failed to satisfy our raging jones. Curse you, Boise Farmer's Market! So...um...yeah. Good times.

Not much else pops into my mind, although this morning we did attend the Asian festival at the Expo Center, which was pretty fun. We dressed ourselves up in authentic Tibetan garb (see the below photos); ate spicy Indian food; and bought ourselves one of those twisty bamboo-ey things. Because let's face it, anyone who's anyone has a twisty bamboo-ey thing. The one we bought is extra gnarly because it has three little Chinese guys on it, two of them fishing and the third...well, we're not sure. Alyssa thinks maybe he's doing Tai-Chi. But rest assured that it's gnarly.


Isn't this the most preshest thing ever? Yeah, you know it is. Nothing more presh than baby ducks on your neighbor's lawn. (They were on our lawn first, but they defected when I ran inside to get the camera.)