Unless we could drive the bears off, our fishing trip was at an end. The minute we turned our backs to start for the river, all three of ’em would be in our groceries up to their ears.

So when the Tyau siblings' mother suggested a family trip last year, a fishing vacation in the Sitka Sound won out. "My sisters, I think, reluctantly agreed," Michael Tyau said.

It is home to an Orvis-endorsed fly-fishing lodge, on some of the best waters in the Northeast, and has two standout Pete Dye designed eighteens, including flagship Mystic Rock, a longtime PGA ...

The Tyau sisters didn’t like fishing but joined the Sitka vacation to spend more time with a family usually split between Hawaii and Los Angeles.

Boasting more than 20 miles of shoreline and ringed by beautiful vacation rentals and log-cabin homes, Lake Arrowhead is an amazing destination for a long-weekend away from the city's chaos.