I'll still give this place 5 stars despite the water is receding, it's not the places fault. I was very glad we came here instead of the Delta for Fathers Day.
This place is perfect in many ways. The mass of trees that encircle the water makes my solitude complete. The many many many places to fish, wide area to swirl the kids in tubes in circles, go water skiing, just chill in the corner & chill & do nothing, eat sammiches in the middle of the sea foam colored green transparent water, this place is wide & huge enough to do all of that. As Hubby says, in comparison to Collins Lake you for sure cannot see end to end. You won't bump into drunkards or ghetto unfabulous rap blastin folk while squeezing past boats..that is unless you purposely get that close.
I have only been here once so perhaps my words may not be entirely correct, however Hubby has gone here multiple times & says he loves this place cuz he says it's this peaceful every time he has came. Can I get a Whoop whoop for a place that consistently offers peace?! And if you wanna make a baby, this place just may be perfect. Just sayin'. Especially at night. Think stars at as your only light & no one around. WOW. This is just random, but that dam whose top is a road is just amazing to me. It is like as tall as a sequoia tree or taller & maybe as wide as Godilla & his wife & kids standing side by side. It is that wide, & it is pretty stinkin amazeballs to see. I was thinking while we were fishing so close to it you can hit it with your lure, how in the world did they build this thing? I mean it is HUGE?! Like, how did they make it so smooth & so wide? As I naively imagine thousands of peoples little hands forming this monumental creation, as they smoothed out the wet cements sides from far east to far west meticulously. Little by little I presume, but it really is amazing to see a man made structure so behemothic & amazing. Maybe what I would feel seeing the Golden Gate up close & personal.
Besides this, the general store, gasoline filler uppers, boat rental, floating toilys, boat docking rentals will bring you back to a semi civil feel. Store sells ice cream (a Dibs, 2 orange sherbet pops, a Magnum & Snickers ice cream cost $13 & some change), shirts, plastic pirate swords (so kids can fight off & raid opposing ships of course), snacks & random schnuff.
Outside, at the adjacent 7 or 8 tent covered tables people or dogs can enjoy their grub & shade. You can pet the resident Labrador mixed dog, Rosie. She may chase your 2 year old if he/she is holding food though, but she appears harmless. Call her & she may come to you.
Upon docking we seen 2 gas pumps, which kinda floored me cuz I was surprised this place seemed to have everything. A random dude heard me say to my 3 rambunctious littles, "Ooh look at the fish!" Literally, 30 huge carp or catfish near the docks, swarming in our direction. Obviously, they were pets or frequently fed, they were so fearless. Random dude told me about the coins inside that we get for free to use on the machine to get free fish food. That was super nice of him.
Before we left I had to tinkle & the several floating bathrooms reminded me of Fantasy Island. It was clean & stocked & I was very glad it wasn't smelly like State Fair portopotties. These may have just been cleaned before I went in. The lady cashier & I exchanged casual convo. I wondered how stinkin far she had to drive to get to work today? No houses in sight on the way there. Did she live in a tree house? Or maybe a houseboat. Either way seemed like a fabulous way to live.
Parking & unloading the boat was easy & non-rushed despite that the parking was full. I couldn't figure out who all the cars belonged to considering there were so many cars. But that's the nice thing about this Lake..it's so big you can't find anybody! Hubby loves this place to camp but I was like no way..not this city girl..no hook ups, u must be smokin crizzle. Maybe one day when I am an avid camper.
I give it this though..for being out in the wilderness, it is clean! Especially that cool looking floating potty way out in the water. They also have 2 level houseboats for rent, circled floatation devices & other stuff.
Definately would come again. Next time I would leave the kids at home. Kids & peace just aren't a suitable mix.
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