Golden Reflections

by Robert Bales

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Golden Reflections

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Robert Bales

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This is a long exposure of the sunset to get the different colors and the layers of light hitting the water.
The Mackay Reservoir offers plenty of opportunities for jet skiing, water skiing and sailing. This newly renovated site (Joe T. Fallini Recreation Site) offers a boat ramp which provides access to the Reservoir. There are other boat launches along the reservoir (and one downstream of the dam), operated as Fish and Game Sportsman Accesses
The Joseph T. Fallini Campground (formerly Mackay Reservoir Recreation Site) is the only recreational site in Challis that offers full RV hookups and features a diversity of other facilities. This scenic area has a gorgeous view of the Lost River Range and offers recreational opportunities such as boating in the summer and ice fishing in late winter.
The dam that formed the Mackay Reservoir just north of town was completed the same year the Titanic sank, 1918, and was quickly,and vigorously, as the reports stated filled with fish. Mackay soon earned a reputation it is held on to pretty steadily ever since, as being one of the best places to fish for trout in the West.
It is located north of Mackay, Idaho/south of Challis. Travel north from Mackay on Highway 93 for approximately 6 miles. The site will be on the west side of the highway.
Mackay is an old mining town, nestled at the Top of Idaho, as their motto goes. Tucked beneath the states highest point, Borah Peak (12,662 ft.), the town of Mackay (5,891 ft.) has a rich Western history as deep as the Lost River Valley it calls home.

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August 7th, 2014

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