Would you take your family swimming in a river that people are drowning in almost yearly?
Hmmm?
This afternoon I went up to pick up the girls from camping, and I drove up Tumwater Canyon. The Wenatchee river as it flows down Tumwater is very dangerous- and literally almost every year something so tragic happens... I also happened to notice that a certain area that is normally very calm was rushing and scary looking... so there's a lot of water running through.
And YET! I saw at least 5 groups of people in their bathing suits, and some even had tubes. How many kids have to die? What kind of enforcement do we need up there to keep people from losing their life? What do you think? How do you remind people that "Hey, a teen died here last year, and a couple the year before that, and a toddler before that...." and maybe you shouldn't swim here with your children!!!
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I have to say that there are times that it looks fun and tempting but people have to be realistic. I agree with you...it's a continual problem and every year it makes me so sad...I think last year it was a teen and a mother (seperate events about a week apart)...just insane!
It is SO sad! That sick feeling in the stomach that it could have been prevented.
And it's not like it's the only place to swim! Raft or float the river downstream or upstream, just NOT in the canyon, right? Plus in so many other places!
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