Idaho Falls, Idaho

We took a rainy day and rode into Idaho Falls for supplies, a little sight seeing and a special upgrade to our fishing outfit... a new kayak.  The new kayak is an Old Town 10 foot Vapor Angler model.  Then the sun came out and it turned into a lovely day in town.  I am sure this happened because we brought our rain gear and I wore my mud boots.

We made a selfie at the falls downtown in Idaho Falls.

First stop, State Trailer & Outdoor Supply.  Here we picked up a clear 8" sewer fitting that we have needed in a few locations where we have stayed.  It was a great supply store with lots of friendly and helpful workers.  We also found the elusive RV refrigerator condensation drain strainer plugs and a LED marker light that matches the style on Penelope.  It's the little things....

This fitting attaches directly to the trailer sewer output and then the corrugated sewer hose connects to this clear fitting.  We have a 5-inch, 45° clear fitting.  The clear is needed to see when the tank is finished emptying and when the back flush water is clean.  The straight works for certain ground slopes and sewer hook up directions.  Sometimes the 45° fitting just doesn't work/fit well.  Now we have another option, yay!

Next stop was Wild West Designs.  They sell all sorts of out west home furniture and decor.  We read that they have some incredible wood carvings so we stopped in to see for ourselves.  There sure was a lot of activity on the front porch.

Gari found herself in the middle of a bear fight!

Steve wants that big fish, the bigger bear says no way!  Grrrroarrrr!

Steve did make friends with Moose.

This smaller bear, Teddy, was made from tight wrapped barbed wire.  Pretty cool.

We stopped by the "Carved Wood Indian" by Peter Wolf Toth on the east side of Idaho Falls.  Toth was dedicated to recognizing indigenous people of North America.  He placed 73 carved statues across North America including at least one in every US state.  His statues range in height from 20 to 40 feet.  The Idaho Falls statue comes in around the middle at 27 feet.  It is carved out of Douglas Fir and was his 37th statue; it was placed in 1980.  Now Toth has expanded his horizons beyond North America and is now placing statues worldwide.  Romeo lurks in the background.

We stopped downtown at the river front (Snake River) to see the famous Idaho Falls waterfalls.  We got a great parking spot right by the waterfront and directly across the street from our new favorite Mexican Restaurant Jalisco's.  We passed this magnificent Thistle plant on the way to the water, you can see Romeo the Ram right there.

We were getting tired and hungry.  Gari found this Idaho bench made out of rock and tile work.  The sun made the stone bench very warm!

It occurred to us later that the bench look like an Idaho potato... maybe because the bench was so hot, or maybe we were just hungry.

Gari says Hi in front of the falls.  The falls go on for a couple of city blocks.  The rocks on shore are igneous or volcanic, and the rocks seen in the river appear similar,

We are guessing that the steeple in the distance is Mormon LDS.  Pretty setting for them.

Steve takes a break on the riverfront.  How about that large log stuck on the top section of the falls?!

After the falls our new favorite Mexican Restaurant was just a walk across the street from where Steve stands above at the falls. Below you can see why this is our new fav!

On the way over to the Sportsman's Warehouse to pick up the new Old Town kayak, we stopped at Eagle Rock Fountain which is in the middle of a roundabout that connects S Utah Ave with Bridgeport Dr.  This huge bronze not only has the two adult Eagles and two Eaglets in the nest, but there is also a Cougar in there.  The Cougar is hard to see in this picture, but it is below the left side Eagle in front of the water fall.

From this angle you can see the two eaglets in the nest.

This is a better angle for the Cougar.  We estimate this huge sculpture to be about 30 feet tall and 50 feet or more wide.

We left the traffic circle and went to pick up the Old Town kayak.  We hope to be using that very soon as the weather permits and we promise pictures of the new craft in a later post.