My friends from the Magic Valley Flight Simulation (www.mvflightsim.com) group setup a test zip line in the Snake River Canyon today, and Michelle Costa from KMVT TV took a couple of rides, which were featured on their news show tonight!
I gotta tell ya, if you have never been on a zip line, it is an exhiliarating experience... and as you fly a hundred feet above the Canyon, with the Perrine Bridge in the background, it brings to mind those days long ago when Evel Knievel attempted his ill fated jump across the Snake River. Now YOU can pretend you are a dare devil yourself and Zip the Snake... and.. coming soon is TANDEM BASE JUMPING! (www.tandembase.com)
Thats right- you thrill seekers can be strapped to another body, and JUMP OFF THE BRIDGE!
BASE jumpers have been coming to Twin Falls these past few years, where its legal to jump off a perfectly good bridge, with a parachute of course... but its still NOT for the faint of heart!
So come on out to Twin Falls, zip the Snake and Jump off our famous bridge!
Monday, February 21, 2011
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Stones get Lifetime Achievement Award from Twin Falls Chamber
The Magic Valley area has a couple of "jewels" in artists, Authors and Historians Bev and Gary Stone, and they were recently recognized for their life long efforts in preserving and promoting state and local history with a Lifetime Achievement award from the Twin Falls Idaho Chamber of Commerce.
Throughout their 70+ years, Bev and Gary have spent countless hours researching pioneer diaries, investigating remote outposts along the Oregon Trail, meeting with Native American Tribal leaders, exploring caves and Chinese Mining sites, and personally fixing and building historical sites that have fell into disrepair. They published a book, "Stone by Stone on the Oregon Trail"based on authentic pioneer diaries, with artwork created by Gary that he painted out in the wild, in remote sites that haven't been traversed since the migration west.
Their stories are abundant and well researched, and they have made it their life long quest to pass them along so that history is not forgotten. Gary's artwork hangs as a testament to that quest in the Oregon California Trail Interpretive Center in Montpelier Idaho. Their efforts in preserving history are on display at the Stricker Ranch and Rock Creek Station in Hansen Idaho, and at the Magic Valley Airport in Twin Falls, where 2 of Gary's Murals adorn the walls and tell the history of the area, and pay tribute to soldiers from Idaho who have lost their lives in the Iraq-Afghanistan war.
Throughout their 70+ years, Bev and Gary have spent countless hours researching pioneer diaries, investigating remote outposts along the Oregon Trail, meeting with Native American Tribal leaders, exploring caves and Chinese Mining sites, and personally fixing and building historical sites that have fell into disrepair. They published a book, "Stone by Stone on the Oregon Trail"based on authentic pioneer diaries, with artwork created by Gary that he painted out in the wild, in remote sites that haven't been traversed since the migration west.
Their stories are abundant and well researched, and they have made it their life long quest to pass them along so that history is not forgotten. Gary's artwork hangs as a testament to that quest in the Oregon California Trail Interpretive Center in Montpelier Idaho. Their efforts in preserving history are on display at the Stricker Ranch and Rock Creek Station in Hansen Idaho, and at the Magic Valley Airport in Twin Falls, where 2 of Gary's Murals adorn the walls and tell the history of the area, and pay tribute to soldiers from Idaho who have lost their lives in the Iraq-Afghanistan war.
Friday, February 18, 2011
Times News Article about Hansen Mural
Steve Crump wrote a great article in Friday Feb 18ths Times News about our Community Mural project in Hansen... check it out at http://www.magicvalley.com/news/local/article
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