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Have you ever heard of a place called Silver Lake? It's a little south of Lake Tahoe. It's distinguished by being north/souht oriented with a small island. It's not huge, but there are plenty of horse trails that start there and lead to everywhere in California. we spent more time basing at Silver Lake than anywhere else.

Then there was also Cherry lake, Yosemite and others. I liked Yosemite the least because of it's filth and smog. (that's right, SMOG). Most large valleys and Canyons in the Sierra Nevada are as beautiful as Yosemite. They say that long ago, the Hetch Hetchy valley was far more beautiful than Yosemite. That was of course before it was turned into one of the larger reservoirs in the area. Other than those main places, I've been all over those mountains. We'd select a base of operations, and leave on horseback for even more remote destinations. You gotta leave the beaten path to truly find the best scenery. Well, you also gotta leave the camping areas if you're going to find fishing and hunting so that you can eat!! The best camping is setting out on a horse for a few days at a time with minimal supplies. I enjoyed it, but I don't think I could hack it now. I like my creature comforts just fine after all my time camping as a young guy, then in tents all over the middle east when I got older.

Mike; a short tour of inland rural california may change your wife's mind. Believe it or not, Northern California has a lot to offer. It's 70 degrees nearly year 'round and the weather's beautiful. I have had the unique experience of being raised on a ranch in the middle of nowhere and yet somehow being exposed to inner-city life on a daily basis. It lends to some unique culturing.

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