If this sounds like fun, you’re in luck: California is on the brink of a whitewater rafting season for the ages. But for whitewater rafting guides, whose small, often family-owned businesses have struggled to stay afloat through years of punishing drought, the deluge is a godsend. Now he manages Sierra South Mountain Sports in Kernville, a rafting company his dad started in 1985. “We’ll probably run out of people wanting to go rafting before we run out of water.” Moore said. In some cases, the rocks that create rapids might be so submerged that the water flowing over them is undisturbed, making them flat and dull.

Source: Los Angeles Times April 26, 2023 19:35 UTC