Trip to Twin Falls

September 12 - We had a great day in Twin Falls today!  We had planned to get back for the 7:00 drawing and entertainment.  We just didn’t quite make it back in time!  We didn’t leave until after lunch as we planned to have dinner out tonight.

First view into the gorge

Once we crossed the bridge we stopped at the Visitor Center and checked out the exhibits and bought a few post cards.  Then we went out to the bridge that is over a huge gorge.  Beneath it is the Snake River which is very wide at this point.  On one side of the bridge down in the gorge is a

Road going down into the gorge

beautiful golf course and a park.  We’d never been down there and it’s a narrow road along the city side and weaves down to the bottom.  On the other side of the bridge it’s all river that flows from the Shoshone Falls further east.

Two jumpers

They do a lot of Base Jumping from the bridge and we saw some guys with small backpacks headed to the walkway along the bridge so we scurried under the bridge to the other side where they jump from and glide down to a designated spot on the city side of the river.  We got to see

One of the two

3 jumpers, 2 went at the same time and I couldn’t get photos of but one as they don’t glide for very long.  The single one was an older heavy guy that we were surprised to see jump but he did great!

We found the road that zig zags down to the bottom and we saw the various water falls on that end and the beautiful

One of the waterfall
down in the gorge

golf course.  We also stopped at the park where they launch a lot of kayaks and small boats and were surprised to see 7 feral cats.  They all looked different and a couple were a bit tamer and didn’t run off right away.  There were

Golf course from the restaurant

also lots of apple trees and I could not reach them but there were plenty on the ground so I picked up about 18 that were good and planned to make some fried apples.

Our shopping stops for the day were Goodwill, Deseret Thrift Store, Michaels, Best Buy and vet (for Molly’s special food).  We got a few books mostly and I checked out a couple of cameras.  No big spending today!

When we got back in the truck at Best Buy, there was a dog that Bill thought was loose and then it suddenly jumped into the back of a truck in front of us but there was no one around.  Then this big farmer guy walked up and Bill had a LONG conversation with him about sheep farming.  That was one of his 35 sheep herding dogs!  It was a very interesting conversation and we learned a lot about sheep farming.

It was prettier before I started
in on it!

We had chosen to have dinner at Elevation 486.  Turned out to be in a rather “off the beaten path” location.  It overlooks the gorge but it was getting a bit chilly so we had a window seat inside.  I did go out and take some photos from the edge.  Dinner was fabulous!  Any time I get to eat

Perrrine Bridge from restaurant

in a nice upscale place I have a hard time deciding as it all sounds so good!  I opted for glazed grilled quail with toasted coconut jasmine rice and a salad.  Bill had filet mignon.  The rolls were good but the huckleberry butter that was served with them was the best!  I could have eaten it with a spoon!  We had a super waitress who was from Maryland!

We were too late getting back to bother with the entertainment so we just came home and watched some TV and read!  Nice ending to a great day!