A really good surprise today. Cary chose an RV park in Idaho which was on the way to the city where we will start our tour to Alaska. He chose a park in Eden Idaho which is about 15 miles from Twin Falls ID. We went into Twin Falls where we ended up at a place called Shoshone Falls. Cary knows I love water falls. It is called the “Niagara of the West”. It is gorgeous as you can see in the pictures. In fact the falls drop 212 feet to the canyon floor which is actually 50ft further than Niagara Falls on the US side. What a beautiful spot with a lot of history. The river produces hydroelectric power to help irrigate the fertile farm lands. The irrigation system seem’s to run 24/7. To add to this we drove down to a bridge called the Perrin Bridge. The bridge overlooks a deep canyon and is the only bridge where it is legal for base jumpers to jump year round. We watched several of them pack their parachutes and walk to the center of the bridge, climb over the railing and JUMP. It was explained to us that since the drop is so short they must pull the cord with in 4 seconds and steer clear of the Snake River below in order to land on a flagged spot. You can see from the pictures that we stayed quite a while and watched them and of course Cary wondered why anyone would jump off a perfectly good bridge. This was quite a day for surprises and so enjoyable. Our country has so many beautiful places that are there for us to enjoy and sometimes overlooked.
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