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Amanda W.

Boulder, CO

5/2/2007

Viele Lake is hard to review because the city of Boulder keeps f-ing it up. Under normal conditions Viele is beautiful, hilly, green park situated around a small lake. There's a relatively new playground, a Frisbee golf course, a nice Rec Center, BBQ pits, tennis and volleyball courts, and a really good sledding hill.

However, recently Boulder "accidentally" gave away the rights to the water in the lake and, as the water has been siphoned away, it's been little more than a large mud puddle. A long-term problem, for which the City is to blame, is the fact that they heat the lake (something about exhaust from the Rec Center being released in the lake or something) which the migrating geese see as a giant, snowy hot tub. Hence the furthest south they make it is South Boulder, preferring to soak away the winter, ripping up the grass and pooping up a storm.

At it's best it's a solid 4 stars and at it's worst... probably a 1. But on any given day I think I'd have to give it a 3. So there you have it.

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