Desert life has so much to offer. I am enjoying the discovery of life and nature where most people don’t think there is. That’s the beauty of the desert. Lately I’ve been craving water ….. a place to set down a kayak and explore from a lake or river perspective. Today I jumped in the car and began my search. This will probably be an ongoing quest as the water sites in the IE are fairly distant. So, this makes the Daytripper happy – seek and find and report.
I asked an IE friend of mine who I know has a boat if he knew of places to kayak. He tends to take longer trips and hauls his boat to larger lakes along the Colorado River. He suggested I try Lake Perris.
Lake Perris is part of the California Department of Parks and Recreation https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=651
There is a $10 day use fee to enter the park (annual passes are available – see the link above for more info). With 3 entrances the park rangers are available to answer any questions and provide a map where recreational activities are allowed. This is a reservoir and the dam is accessible as a walkway and bikeway. There is plenty of water recreation. Motorboats, jet skis, and fishing are ample while camping is still limited. There’s only one area available for kayaking and it’s not what I am looking for. So after a walk along the dam I moved on to my next destination (see part 2).
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