Thank you sir for sharing this beautiful preserve. I was there yesterday hiking and exploring the preserve. 🏞️🏃

Just did this hike yesterday. You're right, the trail wasn't bad at all after the rains.

A little history for you. In the early 70's you were not allowed to fish in Lake Hodges. I had known a local sheriff at the time who had keys to open the gates and get down to the lake by the dam. He took myself and a couple of friends once to fish there. We would catch and release most of the fish which were large mouth bass. No kidding, true story us kids would count how many fish we caught in an 1 hour and it was over 50 each. The sheriff also had keys to enter the dam and he took us in there. We found massive amounts of survival food and 55 gallon barrels of water inside.