Vacationing in Kernville/Lake Isabella area?

Anyone been to Kernville and Lake Isabella in California? I’m looking for recommendations for places to stay and things to do other than river rafting. As for river rafting (that’s a definite on the schedule), any recommendations for outfits that can do a guided river rafting tour thing?

The biggest problem I’ve run into in trying to book this is that most places in Kernville require a two night stay during the summer, and we can only stay one night. I don’t want to have to spend twice as much for a hotel if I can avoid it.

Thanks for any help!

Maybe I should have called this thread something else:

My cat wants to go river rafting in Kernville/Lake Isabella area – with pictures!!
Tell me about Kernville/Lake Isabella or I kill this cute little puppy – with pictures!!

I could put it in GD:
Tom DeLay resigns to go river rafting in Kernville/Lake Isabella – who will replace him?
Could a river rafter from Kernville/Lake Isabella get elected POTUS?

Cafe Society:
If LOTR had been filmed in Kernville/Lake Isabella…
Should I ask Kevin Bacon to join me for river rafting in Kernville/Lake Isabella?

The lack of responses is probably answer enough: there’s not much to do in Kernville!

As for hotels, the few I’ve been in have been pretty much the same: cinder-block bunkers.

And I hear ya on the two night booking; I’ve been screwed with that one before.

I’ve rafted the Kern river, but I can’t remember the name of the outfit we used. At the time, there were two big outfits that had camps at the end of the run (you would take a bus upriver to put in). I will try to dig up the name.

I have also used Whitewatervoyages (.com) on other rivers, and was very pleased. I also know they do one day trips.

Other than rafting and probably fishing, there really isn’t all that much I know of to do in that area.