Family Fun in Boise

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Home of Idaho's "Whitebird Wheat" beer, this world-class microbrewerey boasts hearty hand-crafted beer and ales brewed on-site by one of the Northwest's premier brewmasters.

They serve British pints (20oz) for only $3!! And if you can't make up your mind as to which beer to try from their extensive list, go for the 4oz samples at only 75-cents a pop!

It's open seven days a week. Don't miss out.

There is alway a new themed exhibit as well as old favorites. This last summer the special exhibit was Grossology and it had displays on everything to why we burp and different fart sounds, to a huge Operation Game and a climbing wall that depicted skin. My five-year old loved it and so did his grandma!

My favorite display is the giant flash camera that leaves your shadow on a big wall.

Check out Discovey Center of Idaho to see what exhibits are currently on.

This place is just off downtown Boise, but you really feel like you're out in the middle of a forest.

Located adjacent to the Idaho Fish and Game Office, to get there, simply travel north on Myrtle Street and turn east on N. Walnut. There is a great playground as you exit the gardens where the kids can burn off even more energy as you unwind with a book.

This old mining town was once the largest city in Idaho and it now caters to tourists.

My 5-year old loved the Old West shootout at high noon with Bad Bart and the sherrif, a duo that puts on a little show in the middle of the street, a couple of times a day during the summer; check at the visitor center when you first pull in to town to find out about their performances and get a map of the town (mostly a walking tour of different buildings of which our favorite was the old prison).

In all, it's a fun place to spend the afternoon and there are several ghost towns nearby to boot. Be sure and have some huckleberry ice cream in a waffle cone at the soda shop on Main Street.

After the Discovery Center my boys weren't into visiting a place they couldn't go crazy in--next time we'll do the Art Museum first.

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