A different Snake than I knew before

We are spending 2 nights near Twin Falls, Idaho, and took the last two days visiting some local sights: City of Rocks National Preserve and Shoshone Falls State Park.

City of Rocks is a very nice cluster of rock formations; worth a trip if close by (reachable only via unpaved roads). However Shoshone Falls is on the Snake River, just off I-84 and well worth a visit. I have always considered the Snake River to be the classical, easy fishable trout river I know from Jackson and the Tetons. I just expanded that concept.

The Snake was one of the main conduits for the Cataclysmic Bonneville Flood , which produced many of the geologic features of the Snake in this region.

The falls are really spectacular and beautiful and are 50 ft higher than Niagra falls. The Perrine Bridge, 567 ft above the river, is 3-4 miles downstream from the falls.

The video takes a moment to buffer after you click the "play" button. . . be patient.




While we were there, 3 young men were preparing their para-gliding parachutes for their jump from the bridge. It is legal for BASE jumpers to use this bridge, so most nice days see jumpers apparently.

There have been lots of interesting, fun, and new sights and experencies already; many more than can be seen on this blog, and we're just into the first days of the trip. This is a pretty nice country we live in, and We're looking forward to seeing more of it.