Day 16 — Boise, ID to Salt Lake City, UT

It is hard to believe this is our last bus day! The drive from Boise to Salt Lake City is a little long, but we were able to get some sightseeing in at Shoshone Falls outside of Twin Falls, ID. Can you imagine how big these falls are in the spring?

The last day of tour is filled with special traditions—we filled out our tour manuals (similar to writing in each others' yearbook), listened to our last parable, and Katie read the last day of tour poem Ed used to read us all. 

We arrived at CUMC to the best potluck dinner of all time! Bell ringers have great taste in food, and their parents cook amazing things!

Terry and Katie are excited to be back in SLC!

First year ringer Ella gave the last dinner thank you on tour—missing the bus already!

After the tasty potluck, the ringers did one of their best concerts this tour and one of the best home concerts ever! So proud of these ringers for their music and hard work. 

 

Cian Chidester, our lead ringer, earned both an Honor Bell (given by the directors) and the Marsha Vilven Award (voted on by ringers). Congratulations Cian!!

A special appearance by founding director, Ed Duncan. 

Gina Williams, tour chaperone and super bell volunteer, was honored as an Honorary Wesley Bell Ringer tonight. Gina is a fantastic volunteer to this organization and has done many great things for WBR. Thanks Gina!

Tour chaperones all together!

Day 15 — Pendleton, OR to Boise, ID

 From Pendleton, OR we packed up to head to our second Idaho leg to Boise! We loaded the bus up and Jaime our bus driver wore our tour shirt! Thanks Jaime for all the great driving!!

In Boise, we had an extended lunch and got to explore the city. Boise has a very walkable downtown with lots of cool restaurants and shops!

We all wore Gina hair today!!

For a special choir activity, we went to the Idaho State Capitol and marveled at all the marble!

After our downtown stop, we headed to our penultimate concert at Boise First Congregational United Church of Christ. This is Anna's mom's church and where Anna started ringing bells! 

Tablescapes by not-Terry

Anna's mom got Mediterranean food for dinner—tasty! 

Last away-from-home concert!!

Bus driver Jaime went to our concert tonight—it was awesome to see him at our show! Thanks for coming!!

Anna's family and friends also came to the concert—we love our people! Anna's twin sister Katherine and her mom Liz helped with dinner. 

Paula Weitemier, Anna's first bell director, also came, as well as her brother-in-law Eric and friend Lynlee. 

Next stop: the home concert!!