Message from the Mayor
During the spring, summer, and sometimes early fall, I fall down a lot.
It’s usually around Horseshoe Bend, in the water, with a ski or two attached to me. I’m one that will get behind the boat anytime with a tube or some kind of ski and everyone on board gets a good laugh when I crash.
When they began keeping water in the lake on a steady basis, I joined many others from Powell in re-discovering Big Horn Canyon. The southern lake with its warm water skiing, the majestic canyon that is unrivaled in its beauty, the walleyes that beg to be caught and the moonlit campgrounds that give you peace at the end of a great day.
The re-discovery gives me another reason why this is God’s Country.
When we pitch Powell to outside interests, we always include recreation. Now, Powell is just a few miles away from that canyon that features just about all of it. To moor your boat and find great pheasant hunting is something that you just can’t find anywhere. To drive to the southern shore and pass an old cemetery reeking of history or find an overlook in the canyon and look way, way, way down can send chills down your spine.
Sure, Lovell claims the canyon as their own as does Deaver, Cowley, even Greybull.
But look at some of the new boats in Powell. It’s our reservoir, too. Sure we still have some that go to Buffalo Bill but the warm water of Big Horn Canyon beats the chills of Buffalo Bill for those that like to take a dip. (Look in the Men’s dictionary under “shrinkage”.)
Of course, when I find something fun and exciting, there is someone out there trying to spoil it. Montana senators Max Baucus and John Tester have both declared that Wyoming people don’t matter and that a group of rich fishermen in Montana need the water or else they won’t contribute big funds to their re-election. Elitist men with Gucci waders and porcelain fishing lures who actually need a guide to fish in Montana. As someone who grew up in Montana, I didn’t find it hard at all to find a fishing spot. Just walk outside your house anywhere in the state! No, they need the spot below the dam and it damn well better have a perfect flow.
So for those that like to write letters to politicians, ask Senator Enzi or Barrasso to put on the gloves and fight for our lake. Write to those Montana big wigs and tell them to leave the lake alone. Let the Bureau of Reclamation know that you want to see this piece of God’s Country preserved.
Save this Lake!
And you too may get a great laugh after seeing the Powell mayor crash again while trying to water ski.
I’ll laugh too, as soon as I come back to the surface.
MAYOR MANGOLD
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