Pretty lavender wildflowers within the campground where Roxy likes to go for walks.
Campground Office
Campground is wooded area on left of photo. The area around it is
open range for the cows and bulls of the Camas Cattle Co.
Non-paved roadway leading to entrance of the campground
Big arrow at entrance to let you know where the entrance is... Here!
Site map of campsites and other buildings
Front edge looking at the roadway and mountains
Resort Rules.
This is funny reading, but one has to understand that the owners are BIG TIME liberals. They openly say that political (ie Republican) promotion is not allowed. Also that ALL dogs need to be leashed and that one has to pick up after one's dog. Oh, and it is forbidden to wash your vehicle inthe campground. Seriously? The funny thing about these rules is that the owner's dog "Harley" walks about without a leash, poops any where she feels like it (even on our campsite) and the owners never pick up after her. There is also a neighbor's dog (big black labrador) "Zorro" that comes over daily without a leash and also poops wherever he wants to. The owner's only comment is that he cannot do anything about that as it is not even his dog (not that they do anything about their dog failing to abide by their own rules). THIS is why we are Republicans and not partial to Democrats. This is a nice campground far removed from civilization and city lights, which is a plus, but given that one has to get one's RV filthy with dust that even infiltrates inside, and then is NOT allowed to wash one's RV, while one sees water hook-ups constantly dripping (never fixed), lawn sprinklers allowed to run so long that the water makes mud and runs off, etc, I would not return witht he RV to this campground. The owners need to be more responsible and abide by their own rules, or not make such stupid rules. I bet I can waste more water by letting my sinks run non-stop, that I can use to wash the dust of my RV and truck. We have not felt welcome here! They tell us that there are Elk, Deer, Moose, Foxes, Wolves, Badgers, Skunks, etc. but the only critters we have seen here are tree squirrels, ground squirrels, birds and cows.
The mountains when we got here, but within a week the snow is mostly gone.
Fort Running Bear Pool
The sunrises and sunsets are beautiful...
Roxy enjoying getting ready to go on a trip.
Anderson Ranch Dam is an earth rockfill type dam on the South Fork of the Boise River, in Elmore County, Idaho, United States. Its reservoir, Anderson Ranch Reservoir, has a spillway elevation of 4,196 feet (1,279 m) above sea level. The dam is northeast of Mountain Home and several miles north of US 20. Coordinates
43°21′27″N 115°26′55″W
Construction began: 1941
Opening date: 1950
Dam Height: 456 feet
Length: 1,350 feet
Total capacity: 503,500 acre ft
Catchment area: 960 square miles
Power Station - Turbines: 2 x 20 MW
When completed in 1950, Anderson Ranch was the tallest dam of its type in the world. Its primary purpose is to provide irrigation water for agriculture, with a secondary purpose of hydroelectric power. Its generating capacity was increased from 27MW to 40 MW in 1986.
The construction of the dam began in 1941 and experienced numerous challenges with materials, fuel, and labor shortages during World War II. Work was halted for over nine months beginning in late December 1942. The Reclamation Act of 1902 had racial exclusions on labor which were strictly adhered to until Congress changed the law in 1943. This allowed Japanese American internees to work on Reclamation projects; Anderson Ranch utilized internees from the Minidoka War Relocation Center, northeast of Twin Falls.
The South Fork of the Boise River originates in the Smoky Mountains north of Fairfield. Its watershed includes portions of the Smoky Mountains, Soldier Mountains, Boise National Forest, and Sawtooth National Forest. Below the dam, the South Fork flows northwestward into the reservoir behind the concrete Arrowrock Dam, completed in 1951.
Anderson Ranch Reservoir is most notably a kokanee fishery; however, anglers can also catch Rainbow Trout, Bull Trout, Fall Chinook, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, and the occasional Mountain Whitefish. Depending on the Spring, Kokanee fishing typically starts in mid/late April. Early season, kokanee can be caught relatively shallow (1-15 feet). As the season warms up, downriggers are needed to catch them at depths that typically range from 35-80 feet. Kokanee is a fresh water (land-locked) salmon, which we first tasted when a neighbor RVer (a Fire Captain from Lodi, Ca) while in Buckboard Crossing @ Flaming Gorge Lake (Reservoir) gave us two fillets that he had caught that day and flash frozen. It has a deep red flesh and a very rich 'wild' taste. Delicious!!
Snow melting on mountain tops
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