Boise Temple from the parking lot.

Dinner just before the show

The cozy crowd

I didn't get up until 10:00 this morning and then when we got to Baker City I napped for another three hrs.  Guess I am catching up.
OK, to continue on, what memorable event Bill said I would elaborate on today. As he said we, TRA group,  boarded three coaches around 4:30 in the eve., for a dinner/play in Garden Valley Idaho, called the Starlight Mountain Theatre, surrounded by beautiful mountains.  The ride there was uneventful, meaning we had a great time and arrived safely.  We ate  first and were served by the cast, all young people.  The food was wonderful and the weather was perfect, for the time being.  It is an amphitheater, on a smaller scale.  We were all seated in anticipation of a fun filled eve., and we weren't disappointed, in the least.  At first the actors sang and danced to tunes of the past like "Purple People Eater", "Surfing USA", "The Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" and many, many more.  Then the play started, which was called, "Thoroughly Modern Millie", very cute and well done.  My goodness, what energy they all had.  The sky was beautiful, mostly, white fluffy clouds, temperature was right on for an eve. event outside.  Well into the play the clouds had suddenly turned from a fluffy white to a dirty gray.  Then off into the distance there was lightening and thunder that lit up the sky, which was a bonus for me since I love a good lightening storm.  As the storm got closer we all felt little drips of rain, but the play continued on until the, drips, turned into, drops, and then into streams and then a full fledged down-pour. Off to the sides of the stage are buildings, for props, changing etc. They had us all congregate in these buildings.  As you can see, by the size of the crowd, we were very cozy, too cozy.  In a very short time the rain came to a stop and we all went back to our seats and the play continued on, without missing a beat.  I couldn't help, not, looking at the sky, because it was many shades of light blue blended with hues of purple, very pretty.  The sun went down and the black clouds came tumbling in with more thunder and lightening only brighter this time and we knew the rains were next to follow and we weren't disappointed only this time it wasn't a down-pour, it actually resembled a waterfall.  Within 2 mins. we were all soaked, so the decision to stay or not to stay, the, not to stay, won out.  We all sloshed/running to the buses that were parked on very soggy grass.  Now to the best part of this story.  We all got on our buses dripping wet, but laughing and having a very good time.  Sat down, counted noses and we were ready to go, so off we went, only as the driver was starting out, a couple of lady's walked in front of the bus and he had to stop and then start out again, only this time the bus didn't move, so he tried to back up and it still didn't move. Back and forth over and over again until one of the rear tires was sunk in a ways and the more he tried the more it sunk.  The men got out and tried to push us out, then the idea all we girls to the back of the bus for more weight in the back.  My thought was just get us all out of the bus and then it would be lighter, less weight to push.  Every one had a different idea of how to get the bus unstuck. I felt sorry for the bus driver, as he was doing the best he could.  It really did start to become very funny watching these men doing things like, digging a hole, pushing and pushing this very large bus, putting a board under the tire.  Then a, not big enough, truck came with a tow cable and attached it to the back of the bus, in hopes this would work.  All it did was break the cable and almost burned out the motor of the truck.  Now this is the best part, you will never guess.  Then another truck came by and hooked up to the first truck and they both tried to pull the bus out.  OK, now what.  You know, when in the old movies the good guys are all surrounded and the outlook wasn't good and then the good guys start coming over the hill and everyone is cheering, well I know this isn't on the same page as our situation but after 2 hrs. of trying to move the bus, we saw in the distance something that looked like a tow truck and as it got closer, bright lights shining, we knew it was (the good guys in bright shining armor) a beloved tow truck.  We all cheered and laughed.  At this time the other two buses were still waiting for us, up the road.  Those are the ones I really felt sorry for.  The tow truck driver had the best idea of all, of course, this is their expertise area. He hooked up to the back of the bus with his wench, pushed a button, or whatever and the bus started moving backwards farther and farther until it was unstuck.  And again we cheered and cheered.  We all got back on the bus and we all were on our way, again.  Now if I had let Bill tell the story it would have gone something like this.  We went to a play, out of town, riding on 3 coaches.  The play got rained out so we started to leave but the bus was stuck in the grass.  A tow truck came, pulled us out and we were on our way. Well that is our memorable moment  and now you know the rest of the story.

Our poor disabled coach

Our knight in shining armor