We left San Francisco very early in the morning. After 11 hours of driving, we arrived in Twin Falls, Idaho. My girlfriend and I took turns driving, but we were still exhausted when we finally made it to our new destination. Twin Falls is a nice town surrounded by beautiful nature and many waterfalls, including the huge Shoshone Falls on the Snake River. I like the river's name by the way... very promising.
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| Shoshone Falls is 65 m (212 feet) high |
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| ...higher than Niagara Falls |
On the trails around the Shoshone Falls viewpoint we observed some lizards. When I was photographing these little reptiles, I think the people around were confused seeing me crawling between the rocks.
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| Sceloporus occidentalis longipes - Great Basin Fence Lizard |
We also liked the Perrine Coulee Falls, which you can view from the West Canyon Rim Trail.
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| Perrine Coulee Falls |
We kept looking for reptiles in the rocky area around Snake River. After a little hiking we were succesfull.
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| Habitat around Snake River |
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| Sceloporus g. graciosus - Northern Sagebrush Lizard |
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| Sceloporus occidentalis longipes - Great Basin Fence Lizard |
The highlight was the find of our first snake: a juvenile Striped Whipsnake (Masticophis taeniatus).
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| Masticophis taeniatus - Striped Whipsnake |
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| Portrait of the same snake |
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