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Information and visitors guide to Oceanside and Santa Barbara boat rentals, jet skis, waverunners, water toys, and outdoor adventure boat tours and recreational activities for families, business, and group lake retreats in the area.  Santa Barbara is the county seat of Santa Barbara County, California, United States.  Situated on an east-west trending section of coastline, the longest such section on the West Coast of the United States, the city lies between the steeply-rising Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean.  Santa Barbara's climate is often described as Mediterranean, and the city is known as the "American Riviera."  Santa Barbara is a year-round tourist destination renowned for its fair weather, downtown beaches, water sports, motor sports, and Spanish architecture. 

Tourism is a large part of the economy where visitors from around the world come to vacation and enjoy wakeboarding, water skiing, camping, the flyboard, surfing, kneeboarding, hiking, running, and more.  In addition to the Santa Barbara's cultural assets, several iconic destinations lie within the city's limits.  Mission Santa Barbara, "The Queen of the Missions," is located on a rise about two miles inland from the harbor, and is maintained as an active place of worship, sightseeing stop, and national historic landmark.  The Santa Barbara County Courthouse, a red tiled Spanish-Moorish structure, provides a sweeping view of the downtown area from its open air tower.

Enjoy the fun of Oceanside watercraft rentals in the area which is located on California's South Coast.  The Oceanside Pier, first built in 1888, is the longest wooden pier on the western United States coastline at 1,954 feet.  Oceanside is home to Mission San Luis Rey de Francia, one of the Alta California missions.  The historic district of Mount Ecclesia, home to the Rosicrucian Fellowship, is noted for its singular architecture and the preservation of nature grounds and gardens, offering a unique meditative walking experience.  The California Surf Museum is located in downtown Oceanside and fun to visit and get some pointers.  Oceanside was a beach town in the 20th century and devoted to activities on a six mile stretch of beaches.

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Visitors guide to Sacramento boat rentals, jet skis, water toys, waverunners, and outdoor adventure boat tours and water sport activities for families, business retreats, or individuals who enjoy freshwater lake activities in this beautiful city.  Sacramento is the capital of the state of California and the county seat of Sacramento County.  It is located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expansive Central Valley.  Tourist and locals can enjoy all types of fun activities which may include; wakeboarding, water skiing, zapata flyboard, kneeboarding, tubing, camping, hunting, fishing, biking and much more. 

The area has a Mediterranean climate, characterized by damp to wet, mild winters and hot, dry summers.  The wet season is generally October through April, though there may be a day or two of light rainfall in June or September.  Sacramento has been noted as being the sunniest location on the planet for four months of the year, from June through September.  It also holds the distinction as the sunniest month, in terms of percent possible sunshine, of any location in the world; July in Sacramento averages 14 hours and 12 minutes of sunshine per day.

The Sacramento River sees many boaters, who can make day trips to nearby sloughs or continue along the Delta to the Bay Area and San Francisco.  You can enjoy the Delta King, a paddlewheel steamboat which for eighteen months lay on the bottom of the San Francisco Bay, was refurbished and now boasts a hotel, a restaurant, and two different theaters for nightlife along the Old Sacramento riverfront.  During the California Gold Rush, Sacramento was a major distribution point, a commercial and agricultural center, and a terminus for wagon trains, stagecoaches, riverboats, the telegraph, the Pony Express, and the First Transcontinental Railroad.

Sacramento also hosts some recreational facilities and events.  Enjoy several freshwater lakes and reservoirs in the area with our fun wakeboarding, water skiing, kneeboarding, wakesurfing, and wakeskating lessons.  The Jedediah Smith Memorial Trail that runs between Old Sacramento and Folsom Lake grants access to the American River Parkway, a natural area that includes more than 5,000 acres of undeveloped land.  It attracts cyclists and equestrians from across the state and beyond.  The California State Fair is held in Sacramento each year at the end of the summer, ending on Labor Day.  In 2010, the State Fair moved to July and more than one million people attended this fair in 2001.