The Kern River...It will eat you..

(no clue who the people in this picture are.I "borrowed" it from Flickr after typing Killer Kern into google.Hope all of them lived,but you never know!)

When I was a little girl my mom and step-dad used to take Dustin and I out to the Hart Park with their friends while they would "set sail" for a day of "tubing" down the river. At 8 years old I already knew the reputation of the "Killer Kern". As a matter of fact, one of the friends who always stayed on the shore and watched us did so because her own brother had died in that river.Nonetheless it's still a huge attraction for locals and out of towners.However, as much as it's publicized that DYING IS A REAL POSSIBILITY if you get in,people still do..everyday.The river has swallowed four people in the past two weeks and I'm sure there will be more before summer is over.So am I the only person who no longer feels sorry for the people who drown? It's not like they weren't warned.Ugh