Burley to Gooding

After a great day in Burley, we marched onto our next stop of Gooding. Locals in Burley told us that of a great lunch stop that was 37 miles along our route in the area of Twin Falls. So we booked it out of town with the winds to our back helping people average high speeds until lunch.

Our lunch stop was at the impressive Shoshone Falls “The Niagara of the West.” The settlers have only known of these falls since the mid 1800s, and thankfully it has stayed tourist free unlike the Niagara. I don’t mean that there were no tourists; there are no stores, hotels or gift shops really along the water. It is simply a State Park that offers information on the area. It is part of the Snake River and due to irrigation of the Magic Valley Farms the falls can vary in volume.

On the way out of town, we crossed over the Perrine Bridge which is 680 feet high. It goes over the Snake River Canyon and is the only way to get out of Twin Falls toward the Interstate. It is famous for being the only bridge in the US where it is legal to BASE jump off. BASE jumping is when a person (attached with a parachute) jumps off a cliff/bridge and then lands on the ground below. I was not able to cross the bridge while anyone jumped off the bridge but some other Bike & Builders got some great footage.

I am not going to lie about my jealousy because it was clear that I left lunch a bit too early. The group also found a lake out of the Shoshone Falls where there was some awesome cliff jumping. I guess if I was a bit more relaxed than I could have seen all these attractions. The last 40 miles of the route was nothing too exciting as we biked through farms lands that smelled of manure.

I eventually stopped at an ice cream joint to eat a snack while waiting for others to join me. I figured it was not worth getting into Gooding that early so I enjoyed my milk shake with comrades. Gooding is a pretty small town that is just in the middle of nowhere really. The church was great to us and donated $100 for dinner, thank you! Nothing much more to say though!