Clovis

Clovis does have great pools. Pool decks?? That is another question. Clovis has gone about making newer, bigger swim complexes with each new school in the area. Great for water polo and swim programs. You can fit tons of kids in one place. But this is how all the new housing is in the area as well, large and crammed in to a small area. But everyone should realize that Fresno/Clovis is an irrigated desert. If they didn’t steal there water from the Sierra Nevada’s the United States would have a food shortage. So, that being said, the only problem with a new swim complex in an irrigated desert is that it gets hot!!!!. The new schools don’t have trees, there is tons of cement to soak up the heat, very little grass, etc. I always prefer Clovis West due to the extra trees and grass (older school, great pool, mature trees, grass all around the pool deck). Clovis East and Clovis North (the pool where Masters Nationals will be) are cement jungles. It will be hot!! Even in May it gets very hot. And as someone else said, Yosemite will still have snow at that time. A problem for long hikes, but not for a day visit on the valley floor. As for nightlife, you have an Indian Casino within 20 minutes and "Riverpark" with tons of restaurants, but mostly a young kids area as far as entertainment. Hotels are all there close to the pool. If you are looking for mild temperatures, Late Feb to Mid April is great spring weather in Clovis. The end of Sep to Mid Oct can have great temps too. Other than that, get ready to bake. Negatives: Hot!! Not the most comfortable deck. Fresno/Clovis isn’t fun in itself Positives: Large, fast pool. Plenty of restaurants and hotels near by. Experienced people running great meets. If your from out of state, you are close to Yosemite, 2.5 hours from the Central Coast, Monterey Bay Aquarium, San Francisco.

Clovis does have great pools. Pool decks?? That is another question. Clovis has gone about making newer, bigger swim complexes with each new school in the area. Great for water polo and swim programs. You can fit tons of kids in one place. But this is how all the new housing is in the area as well, large and crammed in to a small area. But everyone should realize that Fresno/Clovis is an irrigated desert. If they didn’t steal there water from the Sierra Nevada’s the United States would have a food shortage. So, that being said, the only problem with a new swim complex in an irrigated desert is that it gets hot!!!!. The new schools don’t have trees, there is tons of cement to soak up the heat, very little grass, etc. I always prefer Clovis West due to the extra trees and grass (older school, great pool, mature trees, grass all around the pool deck). Clovis East and Clovis North (the pool where Masters Nationals will be) are cement jungles. It will be hot!! Even in May it gets very hot. And as someone else said, Yosemite will still have snow at that time. A problem for long hikes, but not for a day visit on the valley floor. As for nightlife, you have an Indian Casino within 20 minutes and "Riverpark" with tons of restaurants, but mostly a young kids area as far as entertainment. Hotels are all there close to the pool. If you are looking for mild temperatures, Late Feb to Mid April is great spring weather in Clovis. The end of Sep to Mid Oct can have great temps too. Other than that, get ready to bake. Negatives: Hot!! Not the most comfortable deck. Fresno/Clovis isn’t fun in itself Positives: Large, fast pool. Plenty of restaurants and hotels near by. Experienced people running great meets. If your from out of state, you are close to Yosemite, 2.5 hours from the Central Coast, Monterey Bay Aquarium, San Francisco.