Our next stop on 93 North is Twin Falls.  We passed through valley after valley and finally mountains with snow tops started to appear.  The temperature dropped and then began to rise as we descended from 6000 ft to 3000ft.  Really good gas mileage today.


We are now in Idaho, land of the Latter Day Saints (LDS).  The landscape has changed from desert mountains to lush farm fields.  We are in the home of the US potato heartland ( I like PEI better!).  We found a really cute, small RV park with full amenities, even a hot tub.  The elderly lady running the desk was a real hoot.  When I started to ask questions (while she was checking me in) about what there was to do in Twin Falls, she stopped, looked right at me and said; "Now look young fella, I'll get to all of that in due time, don't mess up my routine"!  And she lived up to her word and planned a great outing for us.

Our first stop was of course; "Twin Falls".  Named;  "Niagara of the West".  It was very cool in the morning so we dressed in jeans but it quickly turned into a nice warm day.  We ended up overdressed.  


On the day we visited there were three falls, I couldn't find an explanation of when or why 'twin' became 'three'?  I shot lots of photos playing with the manual modes on the camera.  There was a rainbow created by the mist of the falls and the angle of the sun, that I wanted to try and capture.  No, I did not post all 100 versions, just a couple.  Link to photo album


Next, Kyle was treated to another swim in the upper lake above the falls.  This lake (river backup) was created by the falls irrigation project and power station dam.   There were a couple of homes (mansions) overlooking this lake.  Our only issue was; no stick.  There were dried reeds that looked like sticks but they could not be tossed far and Kyle just ate them anyway.  Oh well, he still got tuckered out swimming and that was what we came for.


A group of senior high school kids gave us a cute show on a steep hill in the park.  I missed filming the best 'crash' but I did capture a couple of their antics.  See if you can figure out what they are doing. 


This area is not like Nevada.  People here are affluent.  The farmlands are plush, irrigation is everywhere and 'For Sale' signs are not so prominent. I guess investing in the food supply does survive every economic crash!


The sun was lovely and warm when we went into the grocery store.  It was gone and the wind was whipping when we came out.  By the time we drove back to our RV park, rain was beating down and the wind was rocking the trailer.  I turned on the furnace !!! NOT, the bugger won't autolight.  Read the book, tried and tried. No joy.  Out with the woollies, thunder and lightning, very gusty winds that did diminish in the night, but morning arrived with steady East winds at 35k and cold.


Our plan was to make it to Yellowstone National Park on Saturday.  We met a family who had just travelled through West Yellowstone today and they fought snow and ice road conditions.  We logged onto the Weather Network to try and find some escape but there is none.  So Yellowstone is out for this trip.  We are headed up the road to Idaho Falls and maybe we can find an RV shop open that can check the furnace!  Not sure what next.