Shoshone Falls in full spateHad agreed to put in a long drive to Twin Falls (460 miles) and tick off one of our prime objectives, boon-docking in a Walmart car park. This is the American term for parking up and free camping. Apparently the founder of Walmart enjoyed camping and so established a philosophy of welcoming RV owners to overnight at Walmarts. This policy has modified slightly over time depending on the area and town ordinances. Anyway we were both keen (one more so than the other) to give it a try.

Downstream – Great looking golf course!

We got to Twin Falls in good time after an early start and on heading into Tourist Information we found that the Snake River flow over the Shoshone Falls was very high (close to full capacity), so after a bit of ogling at the golf course in the Snake River George we headed over to the falls.

They are truly magnificent, read later that they are 45 feet  higher than Niagara Falls. We were lucky to have space (between the Chinese tour busses) to enjoy the spectacle. Then decided on a short jaunt along a slippery path where I managed to slide into the first muddy puddle that we came to. I think some of the other users of the ladies restroom were slightly shocked to see me down to my undies trying to wash out my shorts and shoes (others very sympathetic)

First test of the RV shower – it passed with flying colours, before heading out for some ribs (me) and surf and turf (Mike) for our first meal out of our road trip.

I slept fairly soundly aided by my eye shades (parking lot very brightly lit), Mike was a tad more worried about potential break-ins but we both came through the experience unscathed and I would do it again in a town that looks okay.

See the video of the falls below