Lake Perris

  

click photo to enlarge		 On Christmas day we like to take a ride on our motorcycle. When we lived in Ohio the motorcycle would go into storage in late October and not come out till late April or early May. So it is kind of neat to be able to do this.

click photo to enlarge		 It was a gorgeous day with temperatures in the high sixties and briefly the low 70s. We had gone to Lake Perris State Recreation Area  the previous year and decided it would make a nice place to have a picnic.

click photo to enlarge		 The marina was pretty quiet. Not many people around. Winter is a wonderful time to visit this state recreation area as it isn't crowded. In the summer you need reservations to camp or use your boat it gets that crowded.

click photo to enlarge		 There were a few boats out water skiing. The water is only in the low 50's this time of year so you need a wet suit. They are in the process of drawing down the lake in order to do some work on the dam. It is down 20%.

click photo to enlarge		 This was our ride on Christmas day 2005. It was a beautiful day and a wonderful picnic.