Twin Falls, Idaho

An irrigation canal glows with sunset colors near the farmhouse where we camped just north of the Snake River canyon and Twin Falls.

A small group of county-folk singers performed for us in the Cloverleaf ice cream shop in the old downtown of Twin Falls. Delicious flavors and sweet harmonies!

A base jumper aims for a soft landing on the banks of the Snake River after leaping off the bridge over the canyon.

A base jumper guides his parachute over the Snake River after jumping nearly 500 feet off the bridge near Twin Falls, Idaho.

A base jumper’s parachute opens just below the Perrine Bridge over the Snake River canyon.

Unlike Evel Knievel, a group of “base jumpers” were leaping off the bridge with the goal of a soft landing at the bottom of the canyon.

50 years ago this fall, daredevil Evel Knievel attempted to jump the Snake River Canyon near Twin Falls. He didn’t quite make it, but survived the attempt, as this marker notes.

The Perrine Bridge crosses the Snake River just north of Twin Falls, Idaho. Nearly 500 feet above the river, its truss arch span makes a dramatic connection between the two basalt banks of the canyon.