Our Continued Travels in Idaho....will I ever stop hearing about potatoes!!!!
Bob is obsessed with Potatoes in Idaho! We know that from our last trip….but there just aren’t potatoes EVERYWHERE in Idaho Bob! He did get a new Potato T-shirt though!
Twin Falls Idaho and the Snake River Canyon
This was a place with lots of surprises. The Snake River Canyon is so amazing - we weren’t expecting it to be so beautiful.
The town of Twin Falls didn’t have much to offer, but we did have a great breakfast at the Buffalo Cafe! Shoshone Falls is the Niagara Falls of the West (actually taller than Niagara Falls). But this girl from Niagara Falls still loves her birth town falls!
The Perrine Bridge. This is a 1,500 ft long majestic truss arch support bridge that crosses the Snake River. Not only is it beautiful, but it’s the only place in the US that you can legally base jump without a permit! It was crazy to see someone jump off the bridge…..but the funniest thing was the woman next to me who didn’t know there was base jumping off the bridge. She FREAKED OUT! It was a bit hard to get the parachutes in pictures because they fall so fast.
Sun Valley is a ski town about 2 hours north of Twin Falls. Lots of resorts, condos and funky shops in the towns of Ketchum and Haines.
Craters of the Moon National Monument and some Nuclear history.
Craters of the Moon is essentially an ocean of lava across over 300,00 acres. There are 3 lava fields that lie along the Great Rift of Idaho. It’s a bit eerie. It’s also the first National park where we were able to take the RV on the Scenic Drive.
The Idaho National Laboratory (Formerly know as the National Reactor Testing Station). This is a 900 square mile area without access to the public. You can (sometimes) tour the first Nuclear Power Plant (EBR-1 - Experimental Breeder Reactor #1) but it wasn’t open when we were passing through. Bummer.
The historical markers states “Since 1949, more nuclear reactors (over 50) have been built on this plain, more than anywhere else in the world.”
Arco: In 1955, it was the world’s first nuclear powered city. It was short lived, but a first none-the-less.
Atomic City: This became a ghost town after a Nuclear Reactor meltdown in 1961. They even re-routed the highway around the city. There are only 30ish residents there today. Yikes!
The roads are not paved so we had to skip it. Another Bummer.
Our Airport RV Park
This was a trip of a lot of firsts….the first time we every stayed at an Municipal Airport RV spot. We watched little twin engine planes and Crop Dusters take off!
THE BIG WASH! We washed the big boy in a self service truck wash for the first time. This wash is designed for pick up trucks, but Bob went to measure it….and we just fit!!
Off to Montana we go!