IT'S
IT'S DAY
IT'S DAY FOUR OF OUR EXPLORING IDAHO SERIES --YESTERDAY, WE TOOK
YOU TO MARSING, THE
HEART OF IDAHO'S WINE
COUNTRY.
TONIGHT, WE'RE ABOUT
160 MILES SOUTH EAST OF
MARSING IN TWIN FALLS.
HOME TO EVIL KENIEVEL'S
1974 ATTEMPTED JUMP
SITE ACROSS THE SNAKE
RIVER CANYON, TWIN
FALLS IS ALSO HOME TO
SHOSHONE FALLS
SHOSHONE FALLS
AS
AS WELL
AS WELL AS 60'S LEGENDARY SINGER GARY PUCKETT....
OUR KIM FIELDS AND
BRIAN HOLMES ARE LIVE
AT THE BASE OF THE
PERINNE BRIDGE,
.....KIM, THAT BRIDGE MAY
LOOK FUN TO JUMP OFF
OF BUT IN THE WORDS OF
GARY PUCKETT: LADY,
WILLPOWER.
WILLPOWER.
DRIVING
DRIVING PAST TWIN FALLS ON I-84 - YOU MAY THINK THIS HIGH DESERT AREA IS
HOME TO NOTHING BUT
SAGEBRUSH AND
TUMBLEWEED. THAT'S
WHAT I THOUGHT. BOY,
WAS I WRONG!
SOUTHCENTRAL IDAHO IS
IDAHO'S WATERFALL
COUNTRY! OF COURSE,
MOST PEOPLE HAVE
HEARD OF SHOSHONE
FALLS, BUT THERE ARE A
HANDFUL MORE JAW-
DROPPINGLY BEAUTIFUL
WATERFALLS. AND ONE
UNIQUE WAY TO VIEW
THEM IS BY KAYAK, CANOE
OR STAND-UP
OR STAND-UP
PADDLEBOARD. RENTALS ARE AVAILABLE AT CENTENNIAL
WATERFRONT PARK AT THE
BASE OF THE SNAKE RIVER
CANYON.
CANYON. FROM THERE, IT IS JUST A SHORT ONE MILE PADDLE
UPSTREAM TO SEE VIEWS
UNDERNEATH THE
PERRINE BRIDGE. KEEP
PADDLING LESS THAN 1.5
MILES AND YOU'LL REACH
PILLAR FALLS, A HIDDEN
GEM AMONG IDAHO'S
WATERFALLS.
KAYAKING AND STANDUP
PADDLEBOARDING ARE
QUICKLY GAINING
POPULARITY IN IDAHO --
AND FOR GOOD REASON.
IDAHO HAS MORE MILES
OF WHITEWATER THAN
ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE
CONTINTENTAL U.S.
AND ALTHOUGH THE
SNAKE RIVER IS BIG
WATER, IT SLOWS DOWN
BELOW SHOSHONE FALLS,
MAKING IT PERFECT FOR
PADDLE BOARDING AND
KAYAKING, ACCORDING TO
PAUL MELNI, OWNER OF
AWOL ADVENTURE
SPORTS.
1:18-1:24 "LAST YEAR WE
HAD 8,600 RENTALS IN 102
DAYS," SAID MELNI.
"IT IS BECOMING REALLY
POPULAR," SAID MELNI.
PADDLERS WILL LOVE THIS
VIEW OF THE SNAKE RIVER
CANYON -- WHERE
WILDLIFE, ESPECIALLY
WATER BIRDS -- ARE A
COMMON SIGHT. BUT THE
VIEW MOST COME FOR IS
THIS -- PILLAR FALLS.
"PILLAR FALLS ARE THE
HIDDEN GEM OF THE
CANYON. THEY ARE
EASILY ACCESSIBLE. THE
FOUR PILLARS THAT BREAK
UP THE RIVER CREATE
LITTLE WATERFALLS AND
PONDS BEHIND THEM
THAT YOU CAN EXPLORE
AROUND," SAID MELNI."
AT 20 FEET HIGH, PILLAR
FALLS IS MUCH SHORTER
THAN SHOSHONE FALLS,
BUT THE STUNNING VIEWS
OF
OF THE
OF THE 100 FOOT ROCK COLUMNS, OR PILLARS, RISING OUT OF THE SNAKE
RIVER ARE A BEAUTY IN
THEIR OWN RIGHT.
AND UNLIKE SHOSHONE
FALLS WHOSE CHARM
DIMINISHES INTO THE
SUMMER AS WATER
FLOWS DECREASE, PILLAR
FALLS GETS ALMOST
BETTER!
BETTER!
"WHEN
"WHEN THE
"WHEN THE RIVER FLOW IS LOWER .... THAT GO THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE
AREA OF THE PILLARS,"
SAID MELNI.
SAID MELNI.
"SO
"SO IT'S
"SO IT'S A GIVE, TAKE. THIS TIME OF YEAR IS GREAT TO SEE SHOSHONE
FALLS AND ALL ITS GLORY.
AND THEN LATER ON IN
THE YEAR WHEN ALL
THOSE ROCKS ARE
EXPOSED AROUND PILLAR,
IT'S A WONDERFUL PLACE
TO PLAY AROUND, SAID
MELNI.
I WILL BE BACK FOR SURE
TO PADDLE THE SNAKE
RIVER.
RIVER. AND YOU KNOW YOU'VE HAD FUN WHEN YOU CAN'T WAIT TO GO
BACK!
AND CAN I JUST SAY --
WHILE PADDLING THE
RIVER TODAY -- WE MET A
COUPLE
COUPLE OF
COUPLE OF GROUPS FROM INDIANA AND OHIO -- ALL
OF
OF THEM
OF THEM TOLD US THEY LOVE OUR STATE. THEY WOULD SAY TO ME, "YOU
LIVE IN SUCH A PRETTY
STATE." I KNOW!
AND LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT