Anyone from Twin Falls, Id?

[Anonymous]

Is anyone familiar with the area between Jackpot and Wells, Nv? We were planning a couple of days in the area, and wondered if it would be worth bringing the detector along.
I understand there are two old 'used to be towns' along Hwy. 93. I've also read of a ghost town around Wells. I believe it was called Metropolis.
If this rings a bell to anyone, please post or e-mail.
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[Anonymous]

and let me know when you are traveling there, and from where. How did you narrow down the Jackpot-to-Wells area?
<EM><STRONG>Monte

 

[Anonymous]

That's about a half hour north on Twin Falls.
Take the old highway, rather than the Interstate north from TF.
Before you get to Mtn Home you'll pass buy famous Balancing Rock. Lots of folks go hiking around the rock...it's NOT far from the road...unprepared for stumbling, etc and lose stuff.
You'll also pass (and see) 1,000 Springs which is where the Lost River (one of the Salmon River forks) finally comes out after over 100 years flowing underground where it just dissapears in the desert before re-appearing here. Lots of folks get out to take pictures along here...thus they lose things.
You'll come to a TINY little town called Glenn's Ferry (last stop before Mtn Home) where the ferry used to cross the Snake River and the river canyon walls aren't so high. Should be a great little site to hunt along the banks.
Off to the west are the Bruneau Sand Dunes and Indian Bathtubs. These are accessed by a two lane paved road that basically JUST goes there. Lots of teens and Airmen from Mtn Home AFB go there to relax and get away.
Mtn Home itself is an older town and there is a VERY old city park right in the middle of town and across the street from the OLD high school (now the junior high). If you take the state road east out of town past the golf course and city resevoir you'll come to the bluffs where, again, lost of teens and families picnic or hike. There is also an Historical Marker jut before the road makes a hard left turn at the base of the bluffs to head into the mountains (about 7 miles from town). This marker shows where the REAL OLD west town of Mtn Home used to be...only back then it was called Rattlesnake Station.
Wish I knew more about the TF area but it wasn't my hangout. If you ever go to Pocatello, Idaho, let me know. I used to live and go to school there right after I left HS.
Ya'll Pass a Real Good Time!
Art SC
PS - Oh, yeah...wear a GOOD hat, lots of sunscreen and DON'T wait till you're "thirsty" to drink water if you go out in the desert!
Farther north

 

[Anonymous]

You are at "elevation" here, it's arid and dry...it's what is called an "alpine desert environment"...you'll dehydrate quickly and burn even faster. But just some basic precautions and common sense allow you to go anywhere in Idaho and pretty much do anything and have a real ball doing so.
If you leave town and main roads for the deserts, bluffs or canyons be sure to let someone know your destination, route and the latest you expect to be back.
Idahoans are a friendly but rather pragmatic and independent pioneer thinking lot. The Twin Falls area up to Mtn Home is the home of old Basque shepherds and free range cattle ranchers. They aren't gonna put up signs or barracades to keep you "safe". They figure that if you aren't old enough or mature enough to use common sense then you should still have your momma with you or you shouldn't be out on your own in the first place. So if you fall down a cliff, drown in a backwash or wadi, get bit by a snake or skunk, #####ed by cactus or porcupines or just get run down and gored by a mule deer or free range cattle...well, it's considered YOUR fault.
Wear light loose cotton clothes, long sleeves, a wide brimmed hat, sun screen and good sturdy shoes if you go into any of the lava rock areas. If you pass through a cattle gate leave it EXACTLY in the same position you found it - Open OR Closed. Be careful not to turn an ankle in a cattle guard at ungated fences!
If you even get NEAR sagebrush you WILL get ticks so check for them (armpits, hairlines, waist band area, behind the knee and in the groin area) just before you shower. It usually takes a deer tick 2-6 hours to get deep into your skin so they aren't hard to remove...but you have to look for them.