Being originally from SoCal - if there's one thing I miss it's water. And being able to do things on the water. Enter Dragon Boating!
Every two weeks or so, the Las Vegas Dragon Boat Club holds their open paddle sessions on the lake. For $10.00 (the money supports both the St. Rose Dominican Hospital's women's health program and the dragon boat rentals) you get piled into a narrow dragon boat with other intrepid paddlers and sent out on the glassy surface with a coach who will kick your butt and a steersman. Dragon boating is surprisingly strenuous but the views and the camaraderie more than make up for the pain. The lake is quite large and meanders past the resorts, condos, and mansions that line the shore - a gorgeous way to spend the AM hours on a weekend.
Minus one star for the unfortunate capture of debris in the lake after the rains that makes me never want to get the water in my mouth! Yuk! Lake Las Vegas also offer paddle-board and paddle-boat rentals at the dock for those so inclined.