I spent 30 years in ca, and prob burnt 5000 gallons of gas on Don Pedro. My family and I owned a houseboat for 10 years on it. I went through 2 boats and 3 jet skis on that lake. Lots of memories... and then I sold everything and built a house on a lake in Austin Texas. Scarest thing I've ever done, and it hasent all worked out. Try this: sell your house and you and the wife quite your jobs making 100K... Move 3 states away, with no jobs, in the roughest economy in 70 years. Yeah... that will wake you up.