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| - I used to come here back in the day with my high school friends, and from back when this place used to be a lot cleaner. I'm disappointed to see the park rangers do not enforce more rules regarding people picking up after themselves or offering special bins to dispose of recyclables and garbage, because there were leftover shoes, broken bottles, and remnants of broken toys and other objects littering the shoreline. They really let themselves go with the beach part, and I really hope they decide to fix things up again.
I'm not sure if it was a windy day or something else, but there was an absolute *horrible* smell coming from the water. It might have been the water treatment plant I'm hearing so much about, or the fact that the lake is used for more purposes than recreation (sorry guys!) My friend and I only stayed for about 30 minutes at the most because she couldn't stand the smell and was beginning to be sickened by it. I don't remember this place having a smell like it did, but it really turned off the entire experience for us (seeing as how this was my friend's first time here, it wasn't a great first impression for her and I felt bad).
Besides from that, you might want to grab a pair of water shoes, and lots of water to drink. The shoreline and shallow areas of the lake are very rocky, and temperatures can get up past 112 degrees in the summers. The good thing is there's plenty of space to park out here, seeing as Boulder Beach isn't as crowded as it used to be.
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