Above: Shore Lodge on Payette Lake, McCall

Last year, the Sun Valley Lodge was being renovated, so, deprived of our customary summer retreat, we decided to take our extended family to another Idaho resort. From Boise, a scenic two-hour drive along the Payette River brought us to McCall, a remote town with around 3,000 inhabitants set at the edge of snow-fed Payette Lake. (It is also possible to fly there via private or chartered jet.)

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Above: Shore Lodge on Payette Lake, McCall