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Shoreline Lake in Mountain View provides fun on the water

Shoreline Lake in Mountain View Photo © 2010 William Baeck Related articles The McClellan Groundwater Recharge Ponds are Cupertino's secret...
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The McClellan Groundwater Recharge Ponds are Cupertino's secret lake

McClellan Groundwater Recharge Ponds William Baeck Ladies and gentlemen, Cupertino presents its most illustrious illusion, "The Amazing Secret...
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The How-To guide to planning a trip in the Internet age

After prowling through Travelzoo, Travel-ticker, and Smarter Travel, we finally found a reasonable airline flight to Thailand. But this fickle...
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Northern California: An Explorer's Guide: A guidebook for all budgets

Looking for summer road trip ideas? Romantic getaways? Family adventures? Campsites, gourmet taco trucks, hikes and hidden mountain towns? My new...
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Close to home: Bay Area lakes equal summer fun--Part 1

After posting my favorite Northern California lakes yesterday, I began thinking about high gas prices, Staycations, and our unified economic woes....
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Northern California's top swimable lakes

If you grew up in the midwest (or the foggy California coast), when summer comes, you are probably itching to swim in lakes. Here is a collection...
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Kissimmee Chain holds monster largemouths

One of the central Florida bass jewels, the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes sprawls over more than 100,000 acres of wetlands between Orlando and Lake...
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The good old days return to Lake Panasoffkee

In the 1950s, the spring-fed Lake Panasoffkee created a sportsmen’s paradise off the Withlacoochee River west of Leesburg in central Florida...
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Kentucky's Lake Cumberland an angler's dream [VIDEO]

One of the largest man-made lakes in the land, Lake Cumberland, in Russell County, Ky., features more than 100 miles of shoreline. Formed when Wolf...
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Who Needs An Ocean To Surf?

From Surfing The Great Lakes to Motorized Boards, Landlocked Sliders Get The StokeHaving spent a large chunk of my life in the Midwest, I have...
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