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Turtles chilling on a hot summer weekend

A day at the lake

White Rock Lake is a massive reservoir about 5 miles outside of downtown Dallas. It is the perfect place for an ambitious morning dog walk. Or so we thought.

The lake was beautiful, but the path was very long.

Fishermen at the dock at White Rock Lake

Fishermen at White Rock Lake (and some lady taking pregnancy photos.)

Turtles chilling on a hot summer weekend

Turtles chilling on a hot summer weekend

The spillway at White Rock Lake

The spillway at White Rock Lake

The old water plant at White Rock Lake

The old water plant at White Rock Lake

Bikers and hikers on the White Walk Lake trails

Bikers and hikers on the White Walk Lake trails

A busy day at the White Rock Lake dog park

A busy day at the White Rock Lake dog park

Flirting with Heatstroke

The trail around White Rock Lake is well over 9 miles. We weren’t intimidated by the length of the trail, but the heat eventually got to the dogs. At one point, we were worried that we would have to Uber back to the car with the labradoodle.

We ended up making it, but I think that our next trip will have to be in the fall.

Gunter and a very overheated Ingrid

Gunter and a very overheated Ingrid

Kayaks on the lake

Kayaks on the lake

A historic home off of White Rock Lake

A historic home off of White Rock Lake

Gunter at White Rock Lake

Gunter at White Rock Lake

A Texas-sized Lake

White Rock Lake reminded me a lot of the lakes back in Minnesota, except that it is Texas-sized. Lake Calhoun was about 3 miles around, whereas this was triple the size.

One thing that surprised me about White Rock Lake is that there are no restaurants. Dehydrated and hangry was not a good look.

Next time we’ll come better prepared.

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