Mobile IV Therapy on the Boise Bench, Idaho
The Bench is the raised terrace south of the Boise River, a dry landmark that Oregon Trail travelers skirted and that stayed empty until irrigation came. In 1877 William B. Morris, manager of a stage line, claimed more than 7,000 acres and began a canal on the first bench above the river’s south bank. He died the next year, and in 1889 his heirs sold the canal, by then called the Ridenbaugh. The New York Canal, finished in 1900, brought a rush of settlers by 1903. In 1913 the Idaho Traction Company’s Hillcrest Loop carried streetcars up over the mesa, and in 1925 Union Pacific’s new depot and main line were under construction on the rim. The city began buying land for today’s airport in 1936, Army crews trained there on B-17 and B-24 bombers during World War II, and Vista joined the city in 1962 and 1964.
Depot to Hillcrest
We come across the Bench: Depot Bench, Vista, Central Bench, Morris Hill, Hillcrest and the West Bench, from the Depot down to the airport. In Idaho we have no clinic, so every visit is at your address. There is no travel fee in Boise. To check an address, call or text 208-391-5315. Nearby: Boise Garden City Treasure Valley Book a Bench visit
Booking on the Bench
Tell us where. A bungalow near the Depot, a ranch house off Overland or a hotel by the airport; add the unit or room and where to park.
Pick a start time. Leave at least an hour; start times are an hour and fifteen minutes apart.
Check your texts. Email and text confirm the booking, and the nurse messages when they leave for your door.
On the rim and across the mesa
Platt Gardens
Union Pacific’s 1927 garden in front of the Boise Depot, with ponds, a volcanic-rock monument and a view down Capitol Boulevard.
Morris Hill Cemetery
The city cemetery on the Bench, in use for well over a century, with a self-guided walking tour of its markers.
Borah Park
A 13-acre community park on Aurora Drive, first opened in 1965, with a 1969 outdoor pool, a splash pad and a community garden.
Library! at Hillcrest
The Boise Public Library branch at 5246 W. Overland Road, open six days a week.
Boise Bench questions
Which parts of the Bench do you cover?
All of it: Depot Bench, Vista, Central Bench, Morris Hill, Hillcrest and the West Bench.
Is there a travel fee?
No. There is no travel fee in Boise.
Can you come to a hotel near the airport?
Yes. Book with the hotel name and room number, and the nurse comes to your room.
Can a group book together?
Yes. One person books and prepays one IV; everyone else pays when the nurse arrives.
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The Boise Bench, Boise, Idaho
Mobile only, no travel fee in Boise. Call or text 208-391-5315.