Thursday, August 4, 2016

Today we did the tourist thing around Twin Falls, ID.  Above is a statue of I.B. Perrine, the founder of this and several other Idaho towns.  This was found at the Twin Falls Visitor Center which looks over the Snake River Canyon.
This is a replica of Perrine's carriage and below is the bridge over the river named for him, although the locals call it the Potato Bridge.

Here is Gary standing by a miniature of the bridge outside the Visitor's Center.

You can just about tell that this is a picture of people kayaking on the Snake.  After the Visitor's Center, we went to see Shoshone Falls, also billed as the Niagara of the West.
When the river is up and they are not diverting water for farm irrigation, all of the rocks have water pouring over them.  I hope you can see the rainbow in the water in the pictures below.

This picture was in the Visitor's Center and shows the falls when more water is available.
Another interesting site nearby is the Minidoka Museum, which is not yet completed.  They call it a work in progress, but I found it a little disconcerting that this long after WW2 this compilation of the history of the disgraceful Japanese internment camps is not yet finished.
Gary played golf today at Canyon Springs Golf Course.  This is only the second time he has played on this trip.  Here is a view of the second hole in the Snake River Canyon.

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