. "3"^^ . "2"^^ . "0"^^ . "0"^^ . . "2012-08-03T00:00:00"^^ . "A lake in the desert... FTW?\n\nWe came here with one purpose: to swim in the lake. Now... Most of the people who have been there would call me crazy... but this was by the wishes of a birthday girl so I just went with it. The lake is beautiful from afar, but once you get close it gets a little sad.\n\nIt's a little scummy near the edges... and definitely don't expect a beautiful sand-in-your-toes type of experience. More like sandy mud on your feet. The bottom of the lake itself is rocky... with lots of icky \"seaweed\" type stuff... do yourself a favor and once you're in don't put your feet down.\n\nOnce you get into deeper water its kind of nice and refreshing... though muck from the bottom does indeed start to cloud up the water if you stay in one place.\n\nOverall it was worth the experience of being in the water and looking around at the desert scenery. A unique experience.\n\nWould I do it again?..... Nope!\nAm I glad I did it?.......... Yup! (now that I'm home and clean)"^^ . .