Twin Falls Idaho - Chasing Waterfalls and Bridges

 We slept in later than planned this morning but hit the road just as it was warming up.  Our first destination was Shoshone Falls - the Niagara Falls of the west.  To say it was beautiful is an understatement!  It even generated it's own rainbow!

The $5 per vehicle fee included Dierkes Lake so we swung by that to get our full money's worth.  There was a nice park there and we met a father and son leaving after fishing.  

Next we wanted to get to the Twin Falls visitor center at the Perrine Bridge.  Wow - what a challenge.  We tried many ways to find an address that our gps would recognize but to no avail.  By now it was lunchtime and we were hangry about the whole thing so we got some carry out lunch and took it back to our hotel to eat in the lovely courtyard in the back of the building.  We ran into Tasha who had helped us get into our room yesterday and Bill got directions.  Finally we found it!  It was worth the effort.  The bridge is lovely, there's a nice visitor center AND they were base jumping from the bridge!  Amazing to watch!  

We then walked a tiny bit of the trail there and saw a winding road that lead down into the canyon.  At the base was a golf course!  We got directions from the kind people in the visitor's center and wound our way down.  We got great views of the bridge and there was a park there - Waterfront Centennial Park.  We saw kayakers and fishing going on.  

And a baby waterfall off the road on the way back up.  

We aren't done with Idaho yet... tomorrow we will explore a bit more on our way to the Grand Tetons.