Saturday, September 19, 2009

Big Springs - Island Park, Idaho

Today we took a short drive over to Big Springs, the source of Henry's Fork of the Snake River and the source of the Upper and Lower Mesa Falls (visited previously). The springs are home to rainbow and rainbow-cutthroat trout. The water is so clear, you can easily see the fish.

Big Springs

Rainbow or Rainbow-Cutthroat Hybrid Trout?

Ducks waiting to be fed. Food is available and people toss it from the bridge.

There is a cabin, built in the 1930s by a German immigrant named Johnny Sack, that still sits on the property. Johnny built the cabin and furnishings by hand. There is also a water wheel that provided electricity and water to the cabin. The cabin was closed for the season.

View of the cabin from across the springs.

The cabin.

The water wheel is still running. Don't know if it still provides the electricity and water.

View of the springs from the cabin.

We also did a little geocaching in the area and picked up six caches.

This one was magnetically attached to a bridge support!