Russell Travel Adventures: Shoshone Falls In Twin Falls, ID & Niagara Springs In Wendell, ID

The Beautiful Shoshone Falls

Spectacular! This is the best word I can muster to describe Shoshone Falls in Twin Falls, Idaho. Jack and I visited the area on Sunday and spent four hours viewing the falls and hiking the area.
Here is some information about the falls from the Visit Idaho website

Shoshone Falls is among the most spectacular of natural beauties along the Snake River. At 212 feet, the falls are higher than Niagara Falls.

We ate lunch at Centennial Park with the Perrine Bridge in view to the west and the waterfall to the south of our picnic table. I don’t know the name of the waterfall, but it was fun walking behind it. We got a bit wet, but it was really cool to watch that much water rushing right over our heads.

The visitors center area at the Perrine Bridge offers some great views of the bridge, canyon and the BASE Jumpers. While we were there, we saw four guys parachute off the bridge and safely land in a small meadow area just below the bridge. My little camera just couldn’t get in close enough or shoot fast enough to catch the action – and it makes me wish for that $700 camera I have my eye on.

Then we were off to find Niagra Springs. After driving awhile through the Idaho farmland, we made our way to the edge of the canyon rim and found an intimate and extremely beautiful park.

Again the Visit Idaho website best sums up what we saw – “Tumbling down the canyon side at 250 cubic feet per second, Niagara Springs is a sight you won't soon forget. The churning, icy blue glacial water is a National Natural Landmark and part of the world-famous Thousand Springs complex along the Snake River. The park provides a great opportunity to drive into the 350-foot-deep Snake River Canyon. Once inside the canyon, you'll find year-round fishing in Crystal Springs Lake.”

All I can say is “Great Weekend – Great Adventure” Until next time – happy travels.