Waterfalls, Rivers, and Windmills

We spent the last couple weekends seeing some sights of Idaho. Most of which Jason has seen before, but all new and exciting to me. It has been very nice here with highs near 70 and lots of sun :-) Last weekend (Labor Day weekend) we spent Sunday at Mesa Falls and Cave Falls. Mesa falls is about 100 miles northeast of Idaho Falls off of Idaho highway 47. Cave Falls is just inside Yellowstone National Park.

Standing near Upper Mesa Falls

Saw a rainbow :-)

Henry's Fork of the Snake River below Upper Mesa Falls

Then we travelled to Lower Mesa Falls about a mile away.

Lower Mesa Falls

We also stopped by the visitor's center, which was an old Inn.

visitor's center

They had all sorts of animal skins.

The bear got him!

Next stop was Cave Falls

Dirt/gravel road we drove 14 miles down to get to Cave Falls.. my poor car :-(

Cave Falls

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The cave "caved in" so I don't know if they can call it Cave Falls anymore.

Clean, clear mountain water!

This weekend, September 11th we went on a nature hike and to see the windmills.

Short little hike to see Snake River

view as we walked

Snake River

Volcanic Ash

I was a little nervous about the rattlesnake warning.

On to the windmills. We are able to see these from Idaho Falls. We can even see some from the bedroom window. They are about 10-15 miles away.