Liberty, Twin Falls & Searching for Americas 1st Woman Serial Killer Plot

Liberty called me up a couple of weeks ago and asked if I would like to do something with her for the 4th of July weekend.  So we started searching and came up with some fun activities in the Twin Falls area of Idaho.  It was really fun to see all of the things we could do.
    1.  Jackpot Nevada
    2.  Balanced Rock
    3.  Mammoth Cave
    4.  Iced Cave
    5.  Sun Valley Idaho
    6.  Perrine Bridge to watch them parachute off it
    7.  Shoshone Falls
    8.  America's 1st Woman Serial Killer Burial Plot  (Anna E Shaw)

Harlan and Sharyll were on their way to Seattle and so we met for breakfast in Snowville, Utah.  I didn't even know that tiny town had a place to eat.  It was good and the company was great.  Sharyll rode with me to Twin Falls were we met up with Liberty.  All three of them had never watched them jump off the bridge and Harlan and Sharyll had never been to Shoshone Falls.  Bringing them back to their cars, I drove them past the Temple.  So for a spur of the moment side trip, it was great fun to spend with them.

What can I say about Jackpot, Nevada.  The slots are so tight you couldn't get a penny to come out of them.  Good thing we didn't have very much money to spend there.  All the way there and Liberty had someone sit next to her that she knows.  Miss Christy that owns Kenny's daycare.  I am very impressed with what he is learning there and it was nice to be able to tell her in person how much I appreciated her. 

I wanted to go places that Liberty had never been.  She needed a vacation also.  So she wanted to go to Balanced Rock.  Driving through some of the most beautiful and prosperous farms and then around a corner, there you are in a dry, deep ravine and there on the mountain side was this picture.  Liberty hiked up to almost the top to get a picture of it on her phone.  She has 1000 times more energy than I have. 

I have always wanted to go to Sun Valley, Idaho, so the next morning we headed North.  We stopped at Mammoth Caves and went down into the deep, deep abyss for about 1/4 mile.  Liberty made it all the way, I knew I had to come back out, so I waited part way.  They have a lantern for you to hold, but it is pretty scary.  A young pregnant woman was going in by herself as we were coming out.  Both of them are pretty brave.  I'm not sure I could have gone in there alone or even went the whole way by myself like Liberty did.  I went to turn my light off when I saw the entrance to the cave and thought better of it because I couldn't see the floor.  It was nice and cool inside, so I liked that since it was a hot day up top.

Liberty hadn't been north of the Iced Caves, so the next part of the trip was all new to the both of us.  We drove to Sun Valley and I think it up and left town.  We saw all the signs that said that we were in Ketchum, but never saw any signs for Sun Valley.  I only saw one ski lift.  We drove on up to Galena and turned around and took a side trip to see a Pioneer Cemetery.  The road was really rutted, so we didn't go past the cemetery.  There were 3 graves and only one had a grave stone.  They died in 1890.  Coming down the road into Ketchum, I saw all the ski slopes.  Would have missed them if we hadn't taken the beautiful drive up the mountains.

We tried 3 times to find the burial plot of Anna E Shaw.  She was America's 1st Woman Serial Killer.  She poisoned like 7 people, mostly husbands to get their life insurance.  We had taken a tour of Boise a year or so ago and they had talked about her.  Then to find out she was buried in Twin Falls, just sounded fun to do.  Liberty went up and down reading names, asking people if they knew were plot 441 would be located and we just couldn't find it and the office was closed both days.  I forgot to tell Liberty that Hemmingway was buried up towards Ketchum.  Seems like there should be another trip in there somewhere for another date!!

Thank you Liberty for such a wonderful vacation.  We had s'mores at the KOA Lodge and really, truly loved her company.  I hope this will be one of those moments when I'm gone that you can reflect back on with joy.