What's Left Of Medina Lake

[@lgeorges1]

Wow hopefully it will be back to its original size, this video is very interesting, great work my friend!

[@hikingwithjackieboy]

Thank you. there hasn't been much rain so it's still the same.

[@bryandrums32]

Beautiful share!!!!! I love it!,!!!!!! Looks amazing 🤩!!!!!!!! Too bad about the drought,,,',,,,, thanks for the history!!!!!!!

[@hikingwithjackieboy]

Thank you for watching Bryan.

[@bryandrums32]

@@hikingwithjackieboy of course, my friend, it’s my pleasure, you got my support

[@hikingwithjackieboy]

@@bryandrums32 thank you

[@bryandrums32]

@@hikingwithjackieboy np pal

[@dennis78382]

Good evening Kevin.

[@hikingwithjackieboy]

Good evening, Dennis.

[@anthonychihuahua]

Wow! You're a friend to all, Dennis 🤩 Bless your kind soul 🙏

[@heatherlandskron]

sorry about the drought, i'm still prayers for you guys to get rain every afternoon and evening. wow great drive and thank you for sharing!! have a good evening and weekend guys!!

[@hikingwithjackieboy]

Thank you for watching

[@heatherlandskron]

@@hikingwithjackieboy your welcome Kevin!

[@ChappysTikiBar]

Have a great weekend Kev

[@hikingwithjackieboy]

You too Chappy

[@yellowshirtdad]

Looks good Kevin thanks for sharing. Hope you have a wonderful weekend.

[@hikingwithjackieboy]

Thanks, you too! Gene

[@RadioJonesy]

Wow sorry to hear about your drought and I hope you get plenty of rain this autumn and winter cheers brother nice video

[@hikingwithjackieboy]

Cheers. It would take quite a bit of rain.

[@GigiH6858]

Nice video. So sad about the lake .

[@hikingwithjackieboy]

It is. Praying for rain

[@zellencookingparadise]

Hello & nice video shared of medina lake..Great weekend host..rgrds

[@hikingwithjackieboy]

Thank you for watching and have a great weekend as well

[@outandaboutwithsamiam5034]

Have a good day!!

[@hikingwithjackieboy]

You too

[@rubyrainsong]

I have no doubt now there is weather control occurring at this lake. There is a lawsuit going on with SAWS. Maybe that's why. Peoples' wells are drying up. And the corn crop down towards Castroville looks like sh*t this year. It never rains here. It ALWAYS misses the lake. In fact there is rain right now that is missing the lake. It rains all around the lake but rarely over the lake or north of the lake where it needs to rain. I have dozens of documented radar screen shots and videos of this anomaly.

[@hikingwithjackieboy]

That is interesting to know. Thank you. I recently did a follow up video.

[@fishaman7834]

Do another video of what it looks like now

[@hikingwithjackieboy]

Good idea

[@hikingwithjackieboy]

I did a follow up video

[@JenniferLupine]

So sorry to hear about this lake being so very low! Great to drive around with you and see the area, great information about the dam too. Is there even any water up against the dam?Too bad the local businesses had to close, and the park too. It sure did look like a fire went through there, but I guess all the trees just dried up. ☹ Thanks for documenting this and sharing! We really enjoyed our trip to west Texas and are enjoying learning more… thanks! 👍👍

[@hikingwithjackieboy]

Thank you, Jennifer. I believe there is water at the dam. I couldn't get close enough to see it. We were in West Texas recently. Have a good evening.

[@TravelingTramps]

Sad to hear the lake is so low. Where you mention the lake should be up too and seeing the dam you can't even access is a shame. Scary. Things improved in California last year and hopefully some of that rain will make it your way! Thanks so much for the tour.

[@hikingwithjackieboy]

Years ago, we could walk the dam. Property owners across the lake could drive it. It wouldn't surprise me if the park is never reopening.

[@TandysHandcraftedCreations]

Wow, how sad. Medina Lake has some wonderful memories for me. A friend of mine had a cabin on the lake, and we would go boating and jet skiing, and do a lot of fishing. The lake also contained a lot of snapping turtles, we would have to be careful swimming. But we still had a blast. I recently just heard about Medina Lakes low level, it is shocking. I hope it can fill back up some day soon, and became the fun water get away for everyone again. Thanks for going out there and shooting this video, and giving us a close up look. Safe travels, and God Bless.

[@hikingwithjackieboy]

It is quite sad and still hasn't recovered.

[@JohnPAdv]

jackie boy❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😂😂 bless have a gr8 time brother **** even with the dought* here in portugal in interior we get rivers drying up*

[@hikingwithjackieboy]

Thank you

[@samuelm3766]

I was just a Canyon Lake and I’m starting to get some Medina Lake vibes. It’s the lowest I’ve even seen in my lifetime.

[@hikingwithjackieboy]

It's even lower now, I have a more recent video on Medina Lake. I agree that is the lowest that I have ever seen it. Thanks for watching.

[@MonaDidWhat]

Wow, I hope you get rain soon to fill the lake

[@hikingwithjackieboy]

Thank you for watching period We could use some rain

[@HappyPlaceCamping]

Wow that’s so low. I know many of our lakes and even rivers that are spring fed are so very low. We need some serious steady rain for a few days.

[@hikingwithjackieboy]

We do and cooler weather

[@MarkCuller-tl2vt]

I can remember some wonderful memories of that lake growing up and visiting my grandparents at mico.

[@hikingwithjackieboy]

As do I. The lake has been low for a while.

[@TGIFunday]

Hi Kevin! 👋🙂

[@hikingwithjackieboy]

Hi Bree

[@jerrypauling7809]

This lake is on and off thru the years, used fish it many times over the years.

[@hikingwithjackieboy]

That it is.

[@nationalparksprincess3216]

I really hope they get some rain to help with the drought.

[@hikingwithjackieboy]

We need a lot. Thanks for watching.

[@AdventureAwaits83]

Wow, so much change to that area.. Sad that it has come to all the closures and the hit to those businesses. Will it ever get back to normal?

[@hikingwithjackieboy]

It has happened before it will eventually get back to normal. But who's to say when. Thank you for watching Chris.

[@Bartonsrving]

I remember the flood with the water going over the spillway. Everyone thought the dam was going to break and flood Castroville. We were even making what if evacuation plans since the Medina river runs next to Dominguez.

[@hikingwithjackieboy]

I remember that. After that, they closed access to the dam.

[@BackWoods3030]

A lake that low. That is very sad. I think videos of natural places are very important. Mainly because they may not be there much longer. We take soo much and give back very little. I live by take what you need, not what you want and always give back.

[@hikingwithjackieboy]

So true

[@PatsTravels]

That is definitely rough on the businesses, not even to mention the impact to wildlife. What a shame.

[@hikingwithjackieboy]

It was sad to see 👀

[@Texanfirst727]

Medina and Canyon lake are so low.

[@hikingwithjackieboy]

That they are.

[@mekay235]

🥲🥲🙏🙏

[@hikingwithjackieboy]

Thank you

[@chelleroberson3222]

Medina lake was not built for recreational use it's a lake built for agriculture use

[@hikingwithjackieboy]

True that

[@poodleprofessor]

They should have never created Medina Lake in my opinion since, like you said, it has a small watershed.

[@hikingwithjackieboy]

It is basically an Edward's Aquifer recharge lake

[@poodleprofessor]

@@hikingwithjackieboy well, so much for that! 😂

[@magdalenaolmo1116]

🫢😲😢so sad we lived in Pipe Creek Texas, for 7yrs and our son Richard would takes us riding in his boat there and we would go to the Cajun Festival each year 🤗🥰🙏🏼🇺🇸thank you for sharing 🤗🥰🙏🏼

[@hikingwithjackieboy]

Thank you for watching

[@rhiwink]

I used to teach scuba and did some of our check out dives at Medina. So Sad!

[@hikingwithjackieboy]

It is.

[@clightning9703]

Medina is beautiful... why don't they irrigate the land to the lake? i'm sure they can get water running there from some source, in this & age it's ridiculous

[@hikingwithjackieboy]

For sure

[@SpiritualDevil]

It’s a global issue at this point. Excess water in some places, barely any in others… The animals who can migrate or travel great distances are indicators of things that are yet to come. Last year I did my best to get the hosts at Big Bend to close the campgrounds to help out the drought stressed bears (they mistakenly claimed the bears were after mesquite beans) and this year a bear nearly ambushed me in the desert because it was so hungry. Thank you for touching on the climate challenges, it is not focused on enough for it to be the *only* headline that matters in the way it could be… Not yet anyway.

[@hikingwithjackieboy]

I have been working outdoors for the past 30 years. I have seen it get progressively hotter each year. Yes, I do believe it is climate change.

[@fresa6168]

Don’t forget people redirecting the water also look in to how Cali did their people

[@mekay235]

That is sad not being able to access 🥲🥲🙏🙏

[@hikingwithjackieboy]

At one time I could walk across the dam and no access

[@JoeSchirmer1]

I also remember those days when you could walk across the dam. There used to be a diner or bar of some kind next to the dam where I played my very first video game -- Pong!

[@hikingwithjackieboy]

@JoeSchirmer1 the place next to the dam is a private residence now. The Bandera County Park is the only public access to the lake. I hope that it's close now just because of water level and not permanently