SHOSHONE FALLS.

Bright and early the morning after our trip to Lake Owyhee, Mom, Dad and I loaded up again and headed south! I had heard Shoshone Falls was running at its strongest so that was to be our ultimate destination. However, we made sure we would find plenty of adventure along our journey to the falls! We decided to make a loop through the Hagerman Valley (one of my very favorite places) and then through the rural farm communities near Twin Falls before returning home via the interstate. It was a beautiful drive and I was so grateful to have such great company! My Mom and Dad are fantastic adventurers and I love the conversations we have as we drive along! They are up for anything and everything and ALWAYS so patient with my obsessive desires to stop for pictures! The worst part of this adventure is that we simply RAN OUT OF DAYLIGHT! There was so much more we wanted to do and see before driving home! In fact, I think I added more destinations TO my list during this trip than I crossed off but I suppose that is what makes adventuring so wonderful!

HAGERMAN.

I LOVE HOW THE WATER JUST POPS OUT OF THE HILLS EVERYWHERE!

A FEW OF HAGERMAN'S MANY FALLS.

ADD TO ADVENTURE LIST: CAMPING IN HAGERMAN.

IT HAS BEEN WAY TOO MANY YEARS!

MIRACLE HOT SPRINGS.

HAGERMAN, IDAHO

THE CRAZY RENTAL UNITS!

ALSO AVAILABLE FOR $39 A NIGHT!

ALL WITH VIEWS OF THE ALLIGATORS!

THE HOT SPRINGS HAS THREE ALLIGATORS:

DEAN, LOLA, AND ILENE.

SHORTLY AFTER LEAVING THE HAGERMAN AREA WE BEGAN SEEING SIGNS ADVERTISING CHEESE CURDS. WE ALL MISS THE DELIGHTFUL CHEESE CURDS ONCE SOLD AT NAMPA'S SWISS VILLAGE CHEESE FACTORY SO WE DECIDED TO TRACK SOME DOWN!

WE ENDED UP AT CLOVERLEAF DAIRY!

WE BOUGHT A BAG OF CURDS AND . . .

EACH HAD A DELICIOUS ICE CREAM CONE!

ADD TO ADVENTURE LIST: TOUR CLOVERLEAF DAIRY!

THEY OFFER TOURS TO PROVE HOW DIFFERENT CLOVERLEAF TREATS THEIR ANIMALS. SUPPOSEDLY ALL COWS ARE PASTURE FED! NO FEED LOTS? GOTTA GO!

AND FINALLY WE MADE IT TO THE FALLS!

SHOSHONE FALLS.

PHOTOG TESS

WHILE HIKING TO AN UPPER VIEWPOINT, WE SPOTTED THIS LITTLE GUY . . .

LOOK WHERE HE WAS! YIKES!

IT IS SUCH A SMALL WORLD . . .

WE RAN INTO AUNT BRENDA AND BENSON!

DIERKS LAKE.

SPRING 2009.

WAHOO--A SELF PORTRAIT!

PERRINE BRIDGE

THE ONLY BRIDGE WHERE BASE-JUMPING IS LEGAL 365 DAYS A YEAR!

AND WHAT DO YOU KNOW! THERE WERE THREE GUYS PACKING CHUTES IN THE PARK! SINCE THEY ASSURED ME THEY WOULD BE JUMPING WITHIN TEN MINUTES, WE DECIDED WE WOULD HANG AROUND AND WATCH!

MOM AND I WALKED DOWN TO THE STATUE OF THE TWINS . . .

WHILE POOR DAD GOT STUCK TALKING TO THIS OVERLY-FRIENDLY

STRANGER WHO TALKED HIS LEG OFF!

WE HAD TO WAIT A BIT LONGER THAN 10 MINUTES SO

MOM AND I TOOK LOTS OF SILLY TESS PICTURES!

BUT FINALLY THEY WERE READY!

ALL THREE JUMPED AND LANDED SAFELY . . .

JUST AS THE SUN SET ON OUR DAY OF ADVENTURE!