Hi guys, I am looking for a place where i can do all of the above. Camping, well must be family friendly as i have a 5 and 9 year olds. Would also like for the campground to have Pine trees and showers! ahh heck a playground would be nice too.
Fishing, would like to have some easy fishing for the kids, bluegill? well, okay easy fishing for me too, well somewhat as all I want to do is throw swimbaits any and all swimbaits from 3 inch to 9 inch, plastic and wood. I will try and be prepared.
Hiking, we are a day hiking family, need easy to mod trails up to 3 miles.
Running, I'm the runner any distance is good as long as it is FAR! Trail running is good too. I dont want to have to run on a mountain highway tho.
Swimming, for the kids and wife, in the lake or in a pool is cool.

I would rather the temperature be in the 70 to 80's I'm not to crazy about the heat.
We did Shaver 2 years ago in early June right before the party crowd got there. It had just about everything I was looking for, campgrounds even had cable TV! If I cant find anything else I'll probably head back there.

Any links and first hand experience and PICS! will help me decide.

A really good swimbait lake will be great, Striper, smallies, black, large I dont care!..lol

OH yes, we are old school we rufff it in a tent, much funner this way.

I hope you guys can help. I need to get started on this in case I need to make reservations.:-)

any suggestions guys??

1st the weather I don't I can find you a weather you are looking fo at this time of year, second where you from and how far are you willing to travel, those pointers are really necessary when looking for outdoor activities, let me know maybe I can help, Thanks

The LightTackleMeister

San Antonio Lake, Lopez Lake, Lake Nacimiento are ones I have experience with. Margarita, too, but you can't swim in the lake. They have a pool though.

thank you guys...let me get a definate time of year...the kids are on a different schedule this year, so i need to find out exactly what month we will be vacationing.

but as far as travel, im in ventura county and will travel as far as 8 hours...