Hi!
You normally land and take off facing the lake (South?). The airport is at the edge of the lake, which is at the end of a large valley, with high terrain on 3 sides. Come in over the VOR/airport, and loose height over the valley, if the weather is nice. All you need to do is fly a long downwind w/ long final, and it's no problem. If you do the approach it starts on an arc on the opposite side of the valley from the lake/airport...we never did that. No radar. Services were good, but slow. The whole airport is very old and small, but is kept up decently.
NBO: The most difficult part there is Tower/Ground/getting your departure clearances. Be alert, and ask for clarification if you don't understand what they are telling you to do. It is often difficult to understand what the controllers want you to do, especially if you are not a regular there. About 1+30 from BJM-NBO.
cliff
LFW