A view of Upper Payette Lake

View from the road

On its last legs

One of the old buildings

Cabin sign

Replica cabin in Burgdorf

More breakfast pictures

Breakfast on Thursday morning

Our site at the McCall RV Resort

McCall, Idaho

We arrived in McCall after a terrific 106 drive north on highway 55 from Boise. We followed the Payette river much of the way so the road was windy and we had to drive pretty slow most of the way. The drive reminded us of driving in Alaska when we followed the rivers and the railroads through each valley. Hoot and Genda left Boise early then Jackie and Jerry left and finally, around 10:00, we left. Knowing the road would be windy we felt it better not to have a caravan that would slow traffic.

We met other friends in McCall - Rick and Carla, Brian and Julie, Chet and Judy, and Dennis and Karen. All of these folks are on different tracks but met here in McCall for a few days or a few weeks, whatever the case might be. We all played golf on Wednesday and I found the McCall golf Club to be very beautiful with lots of trees, well conditioned fairways, and terrific greens. I think I had four 3-putts and shot 79 so I wasn't too dissappointed for the first round. Today we took a drive to an old ghost town like town called Burgdorf which has a hot springs available to the public. Tippy and I looked at some of the old buildings and the hot springs and then drove to Upper Payette Lake to have a picnic lunch before heading back to McCall.

Tonight we all had dinner with Bobby Peck, and his girlfriend Maryann, at a Mexican Restaurant that is near the RV Resort. Bobby lives in McCall during the summer and in Henderson during the winter. He is a great guy and seems to enjoy having us visit him here. The McCall RV Resort is also very nice. We have enough trees to provide some shade but not too many so they block satellite reception. The weather has been perfect! In the 80's during the day and down into the 40's at night. Sleeping is great and morning walks with Alex require a sweatshirt.

We are going to try and play the new Tamarack G.C. in Donelly, about 15 miles south of McCall. This is a Robert Trent Jones II course and is part of a huge land development with both summer and winter sports activities. The course is pricey but I hope my Golf Digest connection will help a bit. I am still working on some fishing but the time of the year isn't right for Steelhead or Salmon but I am told the Smallmouth Bass fishing is terrific. The real difficulty is that the fishing area, on the Salmon River, is about 50 miles north on roads that are pretty slow. Hopefully I will get something worked out for next week or the week after.

I have included some pictures from the RV Resort and our trip to Burgdorf. Enjoy and be safe.

Jackpot Golf Club Entrance

Las Vegas to McCall, ID

We have spent the past five days enroute to McCall, ID. We did an overnight in Ely with dinner out at the Twin Wok restaurant and an overnight in Jackpot, NV where we played golf. Tippy did dinner for the four of us, Jackie and Jerry are with us, and did an excellent job. We grilled steaks and they were excellent and we all got full again. The golf course ws in great condition and Jackie, Jerry, and I enjoyed a wonderful afternoon on the course, highlighted by my winning $2 from Jerry. We wern't held up by anyone and there was no one behind us so we had a great time. There have been some amazing changes in the course since I last played there about three years ago. There wasn't room for Jackie and Jerry to stay a second night in Jackpot so we decided to both head for Boise on Saturday.

We have stayed at the High Valley RV Park in Boise, ID for three nights and are now ready to drive the last 106 miles into McCall today, Tuesday, August 1st. Hoot and Genda arrived yesterday afternoon while Jerry and I were playing golf. They drove straight through from Ely and they will spend next week in McCall with the group before heading to Elko so Genda can play in the state golf championship. We sat out and enjoyed a cocktail or two last evening and everyone had dinner on their own. Jerry and I played the Banbury Golf Club yesterday and it was quite a treat! The course was in super condition and the greens were pretty quick. The course hosted the USGA girls junior championship last year. Jerry got his $2 back here but now he is back to 5 strokes and I like my chances in our next competition.

We have been to Walmart, Costco, Walmart, liquor store, Walmart, Sportsman Warehouse, and Tippy is now back to Walmart for one more visit before we depart this morning. My next report will come from McCall, ID and I will give you a golf and fishing update. Until then be safe.