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Row, Row, Row Your Boat

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We had a return fishing float on the Salmon River in Stanley, Idaho with Guide Scott Bruckner @totemsportfishing.  We had a wonderful time fishing with Scott last year 2025, so we were lucky enough to get a float date with Scott again this June.  It turned out to be a perfect day.  The fish bit very well. Coming into Stanley, Idaho  All set up at the campground We parked just above the White Cloud Outfitters where we will meet Scott in the morning.  All we had to do was walk down the hill behind the camper and we could leave all of gear at camp for the day. Headed out of town, down to the put in below the old Sunbeam Dam Salmon River   A little tributary coming into the Salmon A couple already fishing under the bridge The Old Sunbeam Dam.  The story is that a couple fishermen loaded an old boat with TNT and floated it into the dam, re-opening the way for the Salmon that run up and down this river.   The steep put in ramp     All loa...
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Mackey, Idaho - Late June 2026

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The summer has started to heat up here in southeast Idaho.  After recovering from the Big Elk trail ride Gari & I got ready to camp in a favorite place of ours near Mackey, Idaho.  Mackey was the place Gari & I first ever stayed in Idaho back in the fulltime RV days around 2017.  We were smitten with Idaho right then.  This month we had made a return reservation with a fishing guide up in Stanley, Idaho for June 24th.  We will make a separate post on the fishing float expedition in Stanley.  We thought we would camp up on Mackey Reservoir and do a little warm up fishing there.  Gari had noticed a waterfall on Google Maps and we thought that would be a good hike to make. We arrived at our preferred camp site below on Thursday June 18th, leaving directly from Gari's physical therapy appointment for her hand in Idaho Falls.  That saved us an hour pulling time since we go right through Idaho Falls to get to Mackey.  We like the camping si...
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Trail Ride up Big Elk Creek

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We had attempted to schedule this ride last year, the year of our 30th wedding anniversary.  That didn't happen, so we tried again this year.  Our idea was to ride up to Upper Palisades Lake and continue on to the waterfall just past the lake, but we ended up going up Big Elk Creek, a few drainages east of Palisades Creek.  Below is a random shot of Big Elk Creek near the campsite.     We arrived at the Big Elk Trailhead a little before the appointed time of 10:00 AM.  The company was already there and getting the outfit rigged up and packed.  Our little pile of overnight belongings sits at the end of the trailer.  That's Crew the owner's son with the two ranch dogs, Buster Moon aka Buster a Blue Heeler - Corgi cross, and Grace an Idaho Shag Border Collie More Rigging & Packing... Gari is already up on Theodore the Buckskin Half Draft.  Carter, the outfit owner makes certain Gari's rigging is well adjusted.  Crew holds Theodore....
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