Beautiful scenery but the damper in coming to this lake is that you apparently need a vehicle pass to park there and don't know this until you approach the entrance. We were happy to pay the fee EXCEPT you have to drive like 17-20 mins back to the Chevron gas station to purchase the pass and come back. What type of sense does that even make? Also, no where on the website is it mentioned that vehicle passes are required and need to be purchased at another location.
I find it absolutely absurd that people reach their destination ONLY to be told sorry, you need to drive back a couple of miles to pay for a pass. Why you can't purchase right then and there baffles me?
We ended up having lunch at the Lakeshore restaurant and keeping our vehicle there and walking into the lake/marina. Unlike what I suspect others to have, we didn't have like lawn chairs or coolers and stuff so it wasn't that big of a deal but it was very upsetting to find out you can't even pay to park at the location once you arrive!
Shame on the lake for not being upfront and fully disclosing all the details on the website. I also find it strange that no one disclosed the parking pass (I actually asked the waitress who told me $8) It's like some sort of secret parking society LOL! Outside of that, beautiful day spent at the lake. I have no desire to come back to this lake again tho.