Somewhere Over the Rainbow

For our weekend adventure this week we decided to go and check out Shoshone Falls. We have had lots and lots flooding, so I thought they might be pretty spectacular. I think the peak day was Thursday, we went on Saturday, but it was still pretty awesome.

Fun Facts:

Shoshone Falls - Wikipedia

Sometimes called the "Niagara of the West," Shoshone Falls is 212 feet (65 m) high—45 feet (14 m) higher than Niagara Falls—and flows over a rim nearly 1,000 feet (300 m) wide. ... A park overlooking the waterfall is owned and operated by the City of Twin Falls.

I read in the newspaper that they had closed the road down into the canyon because of ice on the road. 
So we went prepared to hike down. I really don't have any pictures of that because there was a lot of slipping and sliding and ice skating, and I didn't really want my camera to be damaged so I keep it is protective case until we got to the bottom of the canyon.

Here's a view from the top. 

 The hike down was an adventure for sure. Someone how Barry got our double stroller over the ice and snow. I tried for about 2 feet, but I wasn't strong enough to keep a hold of it. :)

Midway....

 We could see a beautiful rainbow...

 We were pretty sure what was hidden behind that rock....
and some extra funds at this time would be greatly appreciated.....

 so we climbed down and took a look behind it.......

 NOT what we were expecting either.  Bummer.

 So when the rainbow moved again ;) .....we decided to follow it a big further......

 whoa ho ho!

Can you FEEL the mist and HEAR the roar? It's deafening. You can feel it in your chest. 

 On the way back up.

On the way home we decided to buy one of these

and decided exactly where we're going to put our new house on our land.
Ellie sat in the car and read while Owen slept, and the rest of us tromped around in the mud. The water was all back to where it is supposed to be. We saw some cool animal tracks and I saw the most beautiful chickadee. Chick a dee dee!

And Barry decided.........

we probably should make our house a bit shorter.
back to the design board. :)

Hope you had a good weekend too.


P.S. We actually saw the dinosaur on the way home. Oh people of Idaho and your random junk!

P.S.S I certainly don't need all these pictures saved on here. Let  me know a few favorites and I will go back and delete the rest. (They are no out of focus, it is the mist)