A big family resort with lake and many activities. Only a few of the sites are full hookups, most big rigs opted for "D" area, no sewer but plenty of room. Dump sites were available when needed, and a honey wagon would service your RV also. A quiet place about 25 minutes from Sacramento. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.

We went to Lake Minden, in Nicolaus, CA in late July. This is a membership park. It was quiet and pretty and safe. We enjoyed ourselves immensely. Our 5 year old had a blast. It has a small man-made lake, paddleboats for rent, swimming, fishing, etc. They also have some Pico Laser sailboats for rent, but you have to know how to rig them yourself (We do). There are two swimming beaches on the lake, and sand has been brought in to make a nice bottom at the beaches. The water is very cloudy, due to the clay bottom on the man made lake, but we went swimming anyway and enjoyed it. The lake water is supplied from huge wells pumping 24 hours per day. The lake is stocked with fish, and we saw some huge fish being caught. The facilities were very clean and well cared for. Bathrooms were clean and checked 4-5 times throughout the day. Simple breakfasts and grilled lunches are available at the store 7 days a week for a couple of hours. The lodges had working pool tables, fooz ball, puzzles, etc. There were flat screen TVs in both the family and adult lodges; there was a second TV in the family lodge for kids video and DVD playing. There is no pool. Swimming is in the lake, and you have to watch your kids carefully. Lake Minden use to be a working farm. It's surrounded by fields. The preserve used to operate a petting barn but not this year, so there aren't any resident donkeys goats, pigs, hens, etc. The Merlot grapes were almost ripe... the fruit trees still have a month to go... There's plenty of green grass, since they can use the water for irrigation. It's very close to Sacramento, so Verizon cell coverage was perfect and we even got broadband on our air card. We got about 10 channels of clear digital TV with our converter; only about 3 channels on analog. My hubby was happy he could watch golf. We stayed in section D, on the far side of the lake, since the sites are bigger,prettier and there's more breezes. There are water and electricity, but no sewer hookup in D. There is a dump station in D. Section A is closer to the lodges, store, rental units and docks. Section A is full hookup, but there is a schedule for which days you can dump tanks because the system gets over-taxed. I think you get either Mon-Wed-Fri or Tue-Th-Sat for emptying tanks in A section. There are lots of restaurants within a 15-20 minute drive, on highway 99, so I didn't have to cook dinner every night. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.