Castaic Lake & Dam

You know how when you live in a place with things to do but you never do whatever until friends or family come into town? Yea, believe it or not, Valencia is one of those towns. We have the first SoCal gold strike, the acres of orange orchards, Six Flags Magic Mountain, Castaic Lake & Dam, the oldest operating restaurant in LA county (Saugus Cafe), The Saugus Speedway, Saugus Swap Meet and the list goes on. See, not such a boring town after all.

Our good friends Matt and Ele came to visit and we wound up at Castaic Lake. I have seen Castaic Lake a number of times on TV as they do quite a bit of filming there but living so close, you never really think about going there (or at least I never did). Well, I have been cheating myself! The lake is just breathtaking. We wound our way around and finally ended up on the boat launch. This is no ordinary ramp. It’s massive, I mean, I’m pretty sure you could launch a submarine or destroyer from this ramp. I didn’t snap too many photos, but what I did have been posted over on our Flickr page (Link).

In short, explore your town no matter how ordinary or boring you think it is!