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By Joe Berk<\/h6>\n

The question I found confusing when navigating my way to Twin Falls, Idaho, was this:\u00a0 Is Shoshone Falls the “twin falls” referred to in Twin Falls, or is there another set of falls somewhere along the Snake River?\u00a0 I never really had a satisfactory, definitive answer to that question (and I asked several people in Twin Falls).\u00a0 It’s further complicated by the fact that upstream of Shoshone Falls (at the eastern edge of the town of Twin Falls), there’s another park called Twin Falls Park.\u00a0 I think the answer is this:\u00a0 There are other falls along the Snake River in the area of Twin Falls, but the Shoshone Falls are the two falls that give the city its name.\u00a0 If you know different, please let me know.<\/p>\n

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The arrow on the left points to Shoshone Falls. You can see how close the Falls are to the city of Twin Falls. The arrow on the right points to Twin Falls Park, which is also on the Snake River.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I plugged Shoshone Falls into Waze, and the nav program took us east out of town through a bit of farm country and past a few housing developments.\u00a0 The ride down to Shoshone Falls Park was an interesting one.\u00a0 When we approached the entrance where you pay $5 to enter the park and I asked about handicapped parking (I had a bad motorcycle accident 15 years ago and my handicapped parking tag was that cloud’s silver lining).\u00a0 \u00a0The nice lady in the ticket booth told me my handicapped parking tag meant free admission.\u00a0 The month I spent in the hospital had a return on investment.<\/p>\n

The ride down to Shoshone Falls from the entrance demands attention.\u00a0 It winds down a narrow lane alongside the mountain with a steep dropoff on one side (and there was no guardrail).\u00a0 I realized it would be best to save the sightseeing until I got down there.<\/p>\n

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The sign upon entering the parking area.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Once we arrived at the Shoshone Falls viewing area, we could see there are indeed two separate falls.\u00a0 It’s very scenic.<\/p>\n

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I stopped on the stairs leading to the viewing area. Our visit was nice and it wasn’t crowded.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A photo of Shoshone Falls from the viewing platform.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I’ve read online that Shoshone Falls is the Niagara Falls of the West, and Shoshone Falls has more of a drop than does Niagara.\u00a0 Shoshone Falls is a beautiful thing to see, but trust me on this, it’s not Niagara Falls.\u00a0 I’ve been to Niagara Falls.\u00a0 Shoshone Falls is nice, but there’s no comparing it to Niagara Falls.<\/p>\n

Niagara Falls, from the US side.\u00a0 That’s Canada in the distance.\u00a0 I could feel the ground shaking when I shot this photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I looked down the Snake River.\u00a0 It was nice. It was scenic.\u00a0 I was glad we made the trip to Idaho.\u00a0 \u00a0We were covering a lot of ground.\u00a0 I was getting great photos.\u00a0 Sue and I were on a content safari and Idaho was a target-rich environment.<\/p>\n

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The Snake River below Shoshone Falls. Just around the bend in the river is where Evel Knievel attempted to jump the Snake River Canyon. That story is the next blog in our Idaho series.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While studying the map to get to Twin Falls’ Shoshone Falls, I noticed that a bit downstream of Shoshone Falls along the Snake River the map showed the Evel Knievel Snake River Canyon jump site.\u00a0 There was no mention of it anywhere else.\u00a0 I wondered:\u00a0 Was it still there?<\/p>\n

Stay tuned, folks.<\/p>\n

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