Shoshone Falls was amazing, as shown below. A total "Wow"!
Most of the riders made this extra loop, which involved a lovely descent to the river canyon floor. We felt the views here were well worth riding the 550' or so back up to the road level. Here's a portion of the riders who were there with us.
Twin Falls! What can I say! There was only one! It was beautiful as well, but we felt a bit of a "Bait & Switch" when we found that one of the falls had been eliminated by an Idaho Power dam and hydro generation facility back in 1939. We should have read our Wikipedia!
Because the ride today was so short, we were given a Scavenger Hunt list to find items along the way to bring to the dinner program tonight. We four from Team Oregon (the Quackers) had a lot of fun hunting for many things, including a Popsicle Stick. We could not find the traditional flat, wooden kind of stick in any kind of Popsicle that we encountered in our highway wayside freezer cases. We decided to settle for a Jolly Rancher flavored popsicle treat, one which came on a long, strawlike stick. The next picture shows not only our documentation for our scavenger item, but it also shows what was needed on a 95 degree day when riding on the hot pavement.
By the way, our team tied for first place, and it wasn't due to the popsicle stick. It very well may have been due to the "unusual roadside object" that teammate Greg picked up along the road.
Tomorrow, the road to Pocatello includes not only 87 miles of blacktop, but may also include our first century temperatures. Thinking cool thoughts!
Go Quackers! Love the name and winning attitude. I've checked out your route and see that you've been bisecting Idaho through a southerly route. I'm sorry you didn't go across the north and into Montana. You might have hit Florence Cole's hometown of Helena that way! Also, I take it you won't spend any time in either Yellowstone or Grand Tetons parks? Good luck with the heat coming your way too. Love, Carol
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