When a friend and I purchased kayaks in 2007, we practiced paddling at very small playa lakes in the City of Lubbock http://www.mylubbock.us/departmental-websites/departments/parks-recreation/home: initially Leftwich Park, then Goedeke Park, and finally, the Canyon Lakes System. The best lake to kayak on is Lake 6, or Dunbar Historic Lake http://www.ci.lubbock.tx.us/docs/parks-rec-file-library/bike-trails---dunbar-historical-lake.pdf?sfvrsn=2.
The water in all of these playa lakes is nasty. Street run off, including oil, and other chemicals, lawn run off, including herbicides and pesticides, and sewage, although the City of Lubbock may deny it pollutes the waters. But we are not out there to swim, just to paddle.
When we first started paddling, we seldom saw people on the lakes. But as the years have progressed, we have talked to people about our experiences, and others have decided to join us. Also, some folks we do not know are out there on the water. Today, I went paddling. It was a beautiful day, a little breezy, but not bad. There was another male kayaker in a sit-in kayak, and two people out in sit-upon kayaks, and as I was disembarking, a father was launching his canoe to take his two children out, for some fishing.
The use of the lakes has increased remarkably in the last 6 years. I am not sure how much the City of Lubbock can do about street pollutants entering into the Canyon Lake System, but I think it maybe time to ask them to look at the sewage system pollutants.
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