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Hey everybody, it's Simon from LakeHub. Today we're doing a lake feature and we're at Lake
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Ray Hubbard just east of Dallas, Texas. So Lake Ray Hubbard is about 22,000 acres and
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it has over 100 miles of shoreline. What makes Ray Hubbard really unique is all of the boat
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up shop and dining options that there are because of its proximity to the city. So it's
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located due east of Dallas right off of I-30. You can see the interstate right behind me
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here. I'm on the Rockwell side, so I'm opposite of Dallas. And I'm going to turn around here
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so you can see. This is such a great area. There's tons of shopping. There's like pretty
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much a mall right here. Tons of shopping. There's plenty of places to eat, bars and
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stuff like that. There's live music out here in this pavilion right on the water. Cool
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lighthouse. I mean that's an unmistakable icon right here of Lake Ray Hubbard. Plenty
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of boat slips and stuff. So this is where all the community events happen. So Lake Ray
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Hubbard is technically owned by the city of Dallas, which is interesting. Of course it
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was impounded to be a water source for the area. And originally it was going to be called
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Lake Forney, but then it was renamed Lake Ray Hubbard after the chairman of the board
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of the Dallas Parks and Recreation Department. Interestingly enough. Today it's pretty windy
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You can see how windy it is today. I'm surprised there aren't more sailboats because when
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it's this windy, this is a good sailboat lake. It's pretty much great for everything
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It's good for cruising. It's good for sailing. It's great for water sports and fishing too
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It's not known as an amazing fishing lake, but it's a great lake to fish. It's fun to
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get out there and fish. If you've ever gone through Dallas on I-30, you can't mistake
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Lake Ray Hubbard. I mean, you take this long, long bridge all the way across the lake. It
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splits the lake in two. And so there's kind of these different huge areas and there's
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a lot going on here. There are some developments in the works for cool resorts, you know, with
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like wave pools and all kinds of stuff going on. So there's always a lot of activity here
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and there's more than ever out on Lake Ray Hubbard. We love our lakes and we certainly
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love this one. Get out there and enjoy Lake Ray Hubbard
