<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' version='2.0'><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043264720072515709</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 01:47:42 +0000</lastBuildDate><title>Rogue River Rafting Vacations</title><description></description><link>http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Let's go rafting!   -Will Volpert)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>23</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043264720072515709.post-3566480858673059065</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:51:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-27T11:03:44.062-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Rogue River Rafting</category><title>Rogue River Rafting | July 15-17, 2009</title><description>We've just about reached the half-way point through the summer &lt;a href="http://www.roguerivertrips.com"&gt;Rogue River rafting&lt;/a&gt; season and time has just flown by. We've been running great trips and look forward to spending the second half of the season on the water with you. Give us a ring at 1-866-213-7754 or visit us online at &lt;a href="http://www.roguerivertrips.com"&gt;www.RogueRiverTrips.com&lt;/a&gt; to book your trip today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are a few shots of our July 15-17 &lt;a href="http://www.roguerivertrips.com"&gt;Rogue rafting&lt;/a&gt; trip... enjoy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/uploaded_images/6653_102295433243_31398588243_2196289_1728561_n-727244.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/uploaded_images/6653_102295433243_31398588243_2196289_1728561_n-727239.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/uploaded_images/6653_102295313243_31398588243_2196274_3861803_n-703474.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/uploaded_images/6653_102295313243_31398588243_2196274_3861803_n-703470.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/uploaded_images/6653_102295188243_31398588243_2196254_8275095_n-703442.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/uploaded_images/6653_102295188243_31398588243_2196254_8275095_n-703436.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/uploaded_images/6653_102295128243_31398588243_2196247_2267621_n-769813.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/uploaded_images/6653_102295128243_31398588243_2196247_2267621_n-769810.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/uploaded_images/6653_102295078243_31398588243_2196239_906545_n-769784.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/uploaded_images/6653_102295078243_31398588243_2196239_906545_n-769780.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/uploaded_images/6653_102294908243_31398588243_2196217_2379585_n-734168.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/uploaded_images/6653_102294908243_31398588243_2196217_2379585_n-734164.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/uploaded_images/6653_102294888243_31398588243_2196214_3375132_n-734136.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/uploaded_images/6653_102294888243_31398588243_2196214_3375132_n-734132.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5043264720072515709-3566480858673059065?l=www.roguerivertrips.com%2Fblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/2009/07/rogue-river-rafting-july-15-17-2009.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Let's go rafting!   -Will Volpert)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043264720072515709.post-4835266874932492098</guid><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 19:14:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-06-13T12:23:00.217-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Rivers</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Facebook</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Social Media</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Twitter</category><title>Rivers to the web - whitewater rafting outfitters use online social networks to fill their boats</title><description>&lt;h3 class="blue_title"  style="margin: 0px 0px 5px;font-size:0.9em;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Here's a recent press release on how we've been using social media tools to connect with customers online:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h3 class="blue_title" style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; font-size: 0.9em;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h3 class="blue_title" style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; font-size: 0.9em;"&gt;Two whitewater rafting outfitters explain how they are using social media tools to help sell their rafting trips on the Kern River, Rogue River, and Middle Fork of the Salmon River.&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WOFFORD HEIGHTS, CALIF - On Monday after a day of guiding an  Upper &lt;a href="http://www.kernrafting.com/" style=""&gt;Kern River rafting&lt;/a&gt; trip, Ryan Guy, a guide for Kern River Outfitters based in Wofford Heights, California, sits at a computer inside the company’s warehouse and logs into Twitter. The computer is located immediately below an enormous calendar dotted with whitewater rafting trips to come, the number of customers per trip, and spaces available. Guy, glancing up briefly, begins to type a “tweet” – the short messages that the popular social network is know for – as he reads aloud, “Our one-day Upper Kern rafting trip on June 12th has some space available.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The notion that computers and the internet do not have a place in the outdoors may be a diminishing belief, at least in the sense of attracting new-age customers. As leaders in the outdoor industry look for ways of finding new customers they are turning to an unlikely source for outdoor-minded individuals – the internet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Will Volpert introduced &lt;a href="http://www.kernrafting.com/" style=""&gt;Kern River Outfitters&lt;/a&gt; to Facebook and Twitter last Fall. He says that online networks have increased the company’s visibility where it matters most: their target market of families in the Southern California region. Most online social networks make reaching your target market easier than in traditional media advertising. On Facebook, for instance, one can target ads to specific age groups, genders, marital statuses, and interests. For businesses in the outdoor industry, being able to pin-point exactly who sees their advertisements not only saves marketing dollars but increases conversion rates from prospective clients to real-life customers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When every dollar counts, online viral marketing seems to be the trend for small and big business alike. In an effort to increase their number of followers on Twitter, Idaho &amp;amp; Oregon River Journeys, an outfitter specializing in rafting trips on the &lt;a href="http://www.idahoriverjourneys.com/middle-fork.html"&gt;Middle Fork of the Salmon River &lt;/a&gt;in Idaho and the &lt;a href="http://www.roguerivertrips.com"&gt;Rogue River&lt;/a&gt; in Oregon, set-aside a specific rafting trip as a “Twittertrip” just for Twitter followers. According to Jim Ritter, Idaho &amp;amp; Oregon River Journeys’ manager, “We thought it would be something that people would talk about. It’s been mentioned in a few other social-media networks.” That “buzz” is a key element in viral marketing because “it’s always better to have someone within a social-circle introduce your business rather than opening the door yourself,” Ritter adds.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“I really believe that our social-media presence will someday be more important than our actual website,” says Guy, who now shuts down the computer and leans against a stack of inflated whitewater rafts at the Kern River Outfitters warehouse. “For people who enjoy being outside so much, we sure spend an awful amount of time on the computer.” He adds, “and what we believe is that our customers do too.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;###&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Read the original press release &lt;a href="http://emailwire.com/release/23519-Rivers-to-the-web-whitewater-rafting-outfitters-use-online-social-networks-to-fill-their-boats.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5043264720072515709-4835266874932492098?l=www.roguerivertrips.com%2Fblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/2009/06/rivers-to-web-whitewater-rafting.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Let's go rafting!   -Will Volpert)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043264720072515709.post-9201692982844316524</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:10:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-04-15T15:16:14.830-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Rogue River Kayaking</category><title>Rogue River Kayaking Trips</title><description>If you have ever wanted to learn how to kayak, our DeRiemer &lt;a href="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/DeRiemer_Kayaking.html"&gt;Rogue River Kayaking&lt;/a&gt; trips may be just the ticket. Learn how to kayak by seasoned professionals Mary and Phil DeRiemer. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Rogue River is the best multi-day kayak trip for beginners through intermediate because of its mild gradient, fun and safe rapids, and wonderful scenery and camps. Furthermore, our guides carry all of the bags and and food necessary to make the trip not only easy on you, the kayaker, but delicious as well!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For more information about these trips, please visit our &lt;a href="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/DeRiemer_Kayaking.html"&gt;Rogue River Kayaking&lt;/a&gt; trip page.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5043264720072515709-9201692982844316524?l=www.roguerivertrips.com%2Fblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/2009/04/rogue-river-kayaking-trips.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Let's go rafting!   -Will Volpert)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043264720072515709.post-108662585209131025</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:37:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-04-01T12:57:48.481-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Wild and Scenic Rivers</category><title>Wild &amp; Scenic Rivers Quiz</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/uploaded_images/wsr_logo3-769549.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 94px; height: 110px;" src="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/uploaded_images/wsr_logo3-769547.JPG" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Be the first person to answer all these questions correctly and we'll send you a coffee mug. Leave a comment on the blog post to answer. Make sure you leave information to get a hold of you (like your twitter ID or email address).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Question 1:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What were the original eight Wild &amp; Scenic Rivers?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Question 2:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yesterday, President Obama signed the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, thereby designating &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;how many &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;new&lt;/span&gt; miles of Wild &amp; Scenic River in Oregon?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Question 3:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How many miles of the Rogue River are designated as Wild &amp; Scenic?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Good Luck!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5043264720072515709-108662585209131025?l=www.roguerivertrips.com%2Fblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/2009/04/wild-scenic-rivers-quiz.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Let's go rafting!   -Will Volpert)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043264720072515709.post-3948385235839874306</guid><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:52:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-03-31T16:04:35.499-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Wild and Scenic Rivers</category><title>86 New Wild and Scenic Rivers!</title><description>&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Today, President Obama signed the Omnibus Public Lands Bill into law, thereby protecting 86 rivers under Wild and Scenic status and over 350,000 acres of public land.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is hereby declared to be the policy of the United States that certain selected rivers of the Nation which, with their immediate environments, possess outstandingly remarkable scenic, recreational, geologic, fish and wildlife, historic, cultural or other similar values, shall be preserved in free-flowing condition, and that they and their immediate environments shall be protected for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations. The Congress declares that the established national policy of dams and other construction at appropriate sections of the rivers of the United States needs to be complemented by a policy that would preserve other selected rivers or sections thereof in their free-flowing condition to protect the water quality of such rivers and to fulfill other vital national conservation purposes. (Wild &amp; Scenic Rivers Act, October 2, 1968)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="480" height="295"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/R2_BJTwd12Q&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/R2_BJTwd12Q&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5043264720072515709-3948385235839874306?l=www.roguerivertrips.com%2Fblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/2009/03/86-new-wild-and-scenic-rivers.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Let's go rafting!   -Will Volpert)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043264720072515709.post-3073229580544979412</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:23:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-03-24T10:00:26.961-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Pub and Grub</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Oregon Rafting</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Rogue River Trips</category><title>The Rogue River Pub &amp; Grub</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/uploaded_images/010-780148.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/uploaded_images/010-780127.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Spring is just around the corner in Southern Oregon and this means one thing: rafting season is nearly upon us. June will soon be staring us in the face, and the &lt;a href="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/full_sail_pub_grub.html"&gt;Rogue River Pub &amp; Grub&lt;/a&gt; is where you will want to be. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For three days you will float the beautiful Rogue River, pounding through world-famous rapids, spending nights at luxury river-side lodges, and enjoying the best beers brewed in Oregon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oregon is famous for two things: the many &lt;a href="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/oregon-rafting.html"&gt;Oregon rafting&lt;/a&gt; trips one could adventure on and the tasty brews that can tickle anyone's palette. Ask any Oregonian what their favorite beer is and you sure to hear a few unfamiliar names. There are local favorites in every town, which made nailing down our pick for the Rogue River trip was pretty difficult. Nevertheless, when it comes to consistently good beer from Oregon, Full Sail Brewing does it best.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Need more information about this trip. We've designated a page on our site just for this trip: &lt;a href="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/full_sail_pub_grub.html"&gt;Full Sail on the Rogue River&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can also read our press release about the trip: &lt;a href="http://www.emailwire.com/release/19724-Specialty-Theme-River-Trips-Offered-on-the-Rogue-River.html"&gt;Specialty Theme Trips on the Rogue River&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5043264720072515709-3073229580544979412?l=www.roguerivertrips.com%2Fblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/2009/03/rogue-river-pub-grub.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Let's go rafting!   -Will Volpert)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043264720072515709.post-2762199232252522560</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 20:42:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-03-06T15:19:55.259-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Rogue Rafting</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>River Food</category><title>Rogue River Cuisine</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.roguerivertrips.com"&gt;Rogue River rafting&lt;/a&gt; trips are naturally fun, exciting, and beautiful. It takes a special outfitter, however, to make them tasty as well. In January, our Idaho-side of Idaho &amp; Oregon River Journeys was featured in StarChefs.com. They featured one of our August &lt;a href="http://www.idahoriverjourneys.com/middle-fork.html"&gt;Middle Fork of the Salmon&lt;/a&gt; rafting trips - an amazing section of river 100 miles in length. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the Rogue, we make a lot of the same dishes that our Idaho crew does; which basically means the same great food. For your &lt;a href="http://www.roguerivertrips.com"&gt;Rogue river rafting&lt;/a&gt; experience, make sure you choose an outfitter who promises, not only a great river experience, but a fabulous dining experience as well. Make sure you choose Rogue River Journeys. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are some of the photos from StarChefs.com:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/uploaded_images/DSC_4710-711560.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/uploaded_images/DSC_4710-711462.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/uploaded_images/Idaho-River-Journeys_8_29_08-373-779205.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/uploaded_images/Idaho-River-Journeys_8_29_08-373-779117.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/uploaded_images/DSC_4729-779060.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/uploaded_images/DSC_4729-778961.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/uploaded_images/DSC_4681-746245.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/uploaded_images/DSC_4681-746112.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/uploaded_images/DSC_4486-746029.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/uploaded_images/DSC_4486-745922.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/uploaded_images/DSC_4467-711180.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/uploaded_images/DSC_4467-711048.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/uploaded_images/DSC_4465-710976.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/uploaded_images/DSC_4465-710867.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5043264720072515709-2762199232252522560?l=www.roguerivertrips.com%2Fblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/2009/03/rogue-river-cuisine.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Let's go rafting!   -Will Volpert)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043264720072515709.post-2498080020070141916</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 21:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-02-17T11:32:10.160-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Portland Oregon Weekend Escape</category><title>Portland Winter Get-Away</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/uploaded_images/FL000017-783353.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 216px; height: 320px;" src="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/uploaded_images/FL000017-783346.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As much as we would like you to go rafting with us all the time, during the winter we understand if you stray away from the water. From Portland there are many weekend get-away opportunities in just about every direction. This last weekend I headed east in search of new scenery and created a fun winter-itinerary for those looking for an easy escape from Portland.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dana researched various Bed and Breakfasts and found a great place called the &lt;a href="http://www.husumhighlands.com"&gt;Husum Highlands&lt;/a&gt;, (800) 808-9812. It's run by Jerry and Carol Stockwell and they built the 4,000 square foot Victorian house a few years ago. It sits at 1,800 feet and has spectacular views of White Salmon and Mt. Hood.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Friday, February 13th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We left Portland around 5:00 PM Friday evening and took I-84 to Hood River where we crossed the Columbia and headed towards Husum. We had a dinner at &lt;a href="http://www.killerburgers.com/"&gt;Hoobas&lt;/a&gt; (local favorite) and then headed up to the B&amp;B. We were greeted by Jerry who showed us to our room. Slept like a rock in the most comfortable bed I've ever slept in (now if only we could figure out how to take a bed like that down the river...).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Saturday, February 14th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Breakfast consisted of Jerry's nutmeg waffles, an incredible omelet, fresh fruits, coffee and orange juice. After stuffing ourselves and chatting with Carole, we began the descent into Husum for some wine-tasting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The first winery we went to was &lt;a href="http://www.windrivercellars.com/"&gt;Wind River Cellars&lt;/a&gt;, where we met owner Joel Goodwillie. As we pulled up, I couldn't help but notice his van with an &lt;a href="http://www.americanwhitewater.org"&gt;American Whitewater&lt;/a&gt; sticker on the back. Thus, I became excited to meet another boater and Dana remained excited for the wine. We tasted a bunch of his wines and ended up purchasing a bottle of the Pinot Noir.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Next, we headed to the Klickitat River for a short walk to scout-out the lower gorge. I'd heard there was some good whitewater down there, plus, there were two other wineries nearby to check out. After a brief stop, we headed to &lt;a href="http://www.corcellars.com/"&gt;Cor Cellars&lt;/a&gt; and tasted three of their wines and then off to &lt;a href="http://www.synclinewine.com/"&gt;Syncline Wine Cellars&lt;/a&gt;. Syncline had quite the spread of cheeses, chocolates, and, of course, wine. We ended up walking away with their Syrah in hand.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For lunch we stopped at White Salmon's &lt;a href="http://www.everybodysbrewing.com/"&gt;Everybody's Brewery&lt;/a&gt;. They are new in town and had not yet brewed their first batch of beer, but they did have "everybody's" beer, just not their own. This place is pretty cool: good food (like the French Onion Soup), plus they have a shuffle board!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By now we were pretty full and ready for a nap. We headed back to the Husum Highlands and took a well needed rest. Around 7:30 we began the drive to Hood River (roughly 25 minutes) for a dinner at the &lt;a href="http://www.hoodriverrestaurants.com/restaurant_no.html"&gt;North Oak Brasserie&lt;/a&gt;. We brought our bottle of Syncline Merlot (only a $10 corking fee) and had one of the best meals I've ever had, topped off with a strawberry-champagne sorbet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Sunday, February 15th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The next morning we had another excellent breakfast (yes, all we did this weekend was eat) and then hit the road with no definite plans. I wanted to show Dana the Wind River and "high bridge" (picture below) so we headed to Carson, WA. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/uploaded_images/FL000015-745770.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/uploaded_images/FL000015-745732.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From there, we drove to Stevenson to check out the &lt;a href="http://www.columbiagorge.org/"&gt;Interpretive Center Museum&lt;/a&gt;. This place is definitely worth checking out! They have some really interesting collections and a few great videos about the gorge. We spent about two hours here and then went to &lt;a href="http://bigrivergrill.us/"&gt;Big River Grill&lt;/a&gt; for yet another good meal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From Stevenson, it took about 45 minutes to get back to Portland; thus concluding our weekend escape.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5043264720072515709-2498080020070141916?l=www.roguerivertrips.com%2Fblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/2009/02/portland-winter-get-away.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Let's go rafting!   -Will Volpert)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043264720072515709.post-4329991388427893586</guid><pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:28:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-02-08T12:44:31.000-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Rogue River Rafting</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Oregon Rafting</category><title>The BEST of Oregon Rafting</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/uploaded_images/ontheriver_kayak-761142.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 208px; height: 143px;" src="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/uploaded_images/ontheriver_kayak-761135.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When it comes to &lt;a href="http://www.roguerivertrips.com"&gt;Oregon rafting&lt;/a&gt; trips, nothing beats a Rogue River rafting vacation. Trips on the Rogue River start in early June and end by October. Throughout the summer and into the fall, the river continuously changes with different flows, weather, and canyon fauna.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oregon is known as a rafting state, and the cream of the crop is the Rogue River.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you would like to join &lt;a href="http://www.roguerivertrips.com"&gt;Rogue River Journeys&lt;/a&gt; in 2009, give us a call at 1-866-213-7754.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5043264720072515709-4329991388427893586?l=www.roguerivertrips.com%2Fblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/2009/02/best-of-oregon-rafting.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Let's go rafting!   -Will Volpert)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043264720072515709.post-5875859148039078107</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2009 18:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-02-07T10:38:25.087-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Wine</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Beer</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Food</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Rogue Theme Trips</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Rogue River Rafting</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Whitewater School</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Oregon Rafting</category><title>Oregon Rafting Theme Trips</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/uploaded_images/blossom_bar_rapid-790678.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 306px;" src="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/uploaded_images/blossom_bar_rapid-790667.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.roguerivertrips.com"&gt;Rafting in Oregon&lt;/a&gt; is fun by itself, but when you add in a couple of themes, the spice really starts to kick in. “The Rogue River has always been a popular vacation get-away, but with our new theme trips, we’ve added a great twist to an already exhilarating adventure,” comments Rogue River Journeys’ General Manager Jim Ritter. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Partnered with &lt;a href="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/full_sail_pub_grub.html"&gt;Full Sail Brewing&lt;/a&gt;, Rogue River Journeys’ June 24-26 trip featuring the award-winning beers of Full Sail Brewing will certainly fill quickly. Each of the two nights will be spent at a historic lodge along the Rogue River and will feature beer tasting coupled with a “taste of Oregon”. A celebration of great food and fine micro brews from Full Sail Brewing (&lt;a href="http://www.fullsailbrewing.com"&gt;www.fullsailbrewing.com&lt;/a&gt;) will provide a fabulous and delicious experience on the June 24-26 Pub &amp; Grub trip ($985 per person, includes two nights at historic lodges). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For women looking to master the art of reading water and guiding on the Rogue River, the June 17-21 &lt;a href="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/womens_whitewater_school.html"&gt;Women’s Whitewater School&lt;/a&gt; may be just the ticket.  Lead by women guides from California, Idaho, and Oregon, participants will have the opportunity to guide &lt;a href="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/boats.html"&gt;paddle boats&lt;/a&gt;, row &lt;a href="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/boats.html"&gt;oar boats&lt;/a&gt;, and participate in “round-the-campfire” discussions. The Rogue River is an ideal river to learn on; as it offers a wide range of rapids, from a difficulty level of class I through class IV. The five-day class fare is $995 per person.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/pasadena.html"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Deb Meymarian&lt;/a&gt;, an instructor for the Women’s Whitewater School, said “Our course on the Rogue is designed for women guides, taught by women instructors, and will be a great first step for women who love the outdoors and have thought about guiding.” &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What themes would you like to see for 2010? We have a poll on our &lt;a href="http://www.roguerivertrips.com"&gt;Oregon Rafting&lt;/a&gt; home page. Find it on the bottom left corner.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Happy Boating!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5043264720072515709-5875859148039078107?l=www.roguerivertrips.com%2Fblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/2009/02/oregon-rafting-theme-trips.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Let's go rafting!   -Will Volpert)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043264720072515709.post-6880816886211948048</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:25:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-02-05T14:29:14.742-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>California</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>River Guides</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Pasadena</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Rogue Rafting</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Deb</category><title>Pasadena, California: On the Rogue River with Deb</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/uploaded_images/pasadena-720605.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 173px;" src="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/uploaded_images/pasadena-720572.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Join Deb Meymarian, a longtime guide on the Rogue River, for an excellent vacation with Rogue River Journeys July 15-18. Deb has worked on the Rogue River for 16 years and each year she brings more and more friends and family to share the experience of rafting the Rogue. Join Deb in her 17th year of guiding on this special trip dedicated to her friends, family, and fellow river travelers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.roguerivertrips.com"&gt;Rogue River rafting&lt;/a&gt; trips make spectacular family vacations!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5043264720072515709-6880816886211948048?l=www.roguerivertrips.com%2Fblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/2009/02/pasadena-california-on-rogue-river-with.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Let's go rafting!   -Will Volpert)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043264720072515709.post-7328633330476704506</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:28:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-02-03T09:50:05.799-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Rogue River Rafting</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Middle Fork Salmon</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Dutch Oven Cooking</category><title>Dutch Oven Delight on the River</title><description>Our counterpart, &lt;a href="http://www.idahoriverjourneys.com"&gt;Idaho River Journeys&lt;/a&gt;, was recently featured on the homepage of StarChefs.com. Last August, they were joined by StarChefs.com CEO Antoinette Bruno for a trip featuring dutch oven cooking on the lower 35 miles of the Wild and Scenic &lt;a href="http://www.idahoriverjourneys.com"&gt;Middle Fork of the Salmon&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For the full article and incredible photo gallery, please visit the following page:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://starchefs.com/features/kettle_cooking/index.shtml"&gt;"Get out of the Kitchen - and into the Wild: Vacations removed from the world."&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the Rogue River, our menu does incorporate dutch oven use. &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;But, what exactly is a Dutch Oven?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The following excerpt is stolen from one of our favorite river websites: &lt;a href="http://www.middleforksalmon.org"&gt;MiddleForkSalmon.org&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Dutch Oven Impression:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/uploaded_images/dutch_oven-719549.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 193px;" src="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/uploaded_images/dutch_oven-719521.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Dutch Oven has changed wilderness cuisine in a fabulous way. It has opened the doors for baked goods outside. Cakes, muffins, stews, pies, and other baked goods can now be enjoyed fresh along the banks of the river.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;How a Dutch Oven Works:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's quite simple. People use Dutch Ovens at home all the time! The difference, however, is that they pre-heat their oven and stick the Dutch Oven inside. On the Middle Fork, we replicate the heat from the oven with heat from briquettes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The standard procedure is this: 1) Begin heating the coals; 2) Oil the D.O. and prep the meal; 3) Develop a landing zone for the D.O. (needs to be flat); 4) Once the coals have gotten hot, place five to eight on the bottom, a ring around the lid, and a few in the center on the lid. 5) Wait until you smell the "burp".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That's pretty much it. Unlike a conventional oven, you don't need to set a timer (remember, it's river time). Dutch Ovens tend to give off what is known as "the burp" when they are nearing completion. In other words, you'll smell fantastic goodness once your meal is nearly cooked.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Fun Fact About the Dutch Oven:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Dutch Oven is probably one of the only "pots" recognized by a state: Utah's state pot is the Dutch Oven.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5043264720072515709-7328633330476704506?l=www.roguerivertrips.com%2Fblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/2009/02/dutch-oven-delight-on-river.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Let's go rafting!   -Will Volpert)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043264720072515709.post-2728897780924592983</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:57:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-23T09:44:07.574-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>River Clothes</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>River Guides</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Sandals</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Chaco</category><title>Chaco Sells... and Other Rafting Innovations</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/uploaded_images/chaco_feet-738185.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 181px;" src="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/uploaded_images/chaco_feet-738161.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you have joined us in the last decade, you've probably experienced or at least seen a Chaco sandal. Around the campfire, perhaps you caught a glimpse of the infamous "Chaco-Z" slashed across a guides foot. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chaco was founded in 1989 and gained popularity for its BioCentric footbed and durability. Entire crews of guides swapped their Tevas for Chacos, and the remark "you're still wearing &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;that&lt;/span&gt;?!" became more common.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's rare in the rafting world for anything to change, much less to change so quickly. Old-time guides still love their huge life jackets (that probably have lost their flotational values years ago), we still make "cowboy" coffee in the mornings, and the basic equipment we use is relatively the same. From a commercial standpoint, we buy new safety equipment frequently, tents and sleeping bags as well, but really it's one bag for an identical one - and really no progress towards anything better or more efficient. Not that there is any real room for improving these things, it's just unique for this industry that things don't really ever change.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Which is where Chaco comes into the equation. Chaco, the shoe, was the single biggest change in the river industry in the last decade and a half. Chaco changed the way guides treated their feet! Our beat up, bruised, bloodied and crushed toes &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;loved&lt;/span&gt; Chaco sandals the day we first ever tried them on. Chaco came into existence just after self-bailing boats emerged. It's not fair to have such great innovations produced within a five-year span in an industry that never sees change! Obviously, Chaco was premature and should have waited ten years...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yesterday, Wolverine, the company that owns Merrell and Patagonia Footwear, purchased Chaco for an undisclosed price. Last year, Chaco had $20 million in sales, so I guess their reach expanded passed the outfitting community. The wave of Chaco has come and passed. Guides still love the sandals, but it's an industry norm now and expected. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When will the next big change be? What do you see in the future for river users?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Happy paddlers wearing Chaco sandals:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/uploaded_images/chaco_folks-764568.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 168px;" src="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/uploaded_images/chaco_folks-764530.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5043264720072515709-2728897780924592983?l=www.roguerivertrips.com%2Fblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/2009/01/chaco-sold-to-wolverine.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Let's go rafting!   -Will Volpert)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043264720072515709.post-6344583700514716205</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:26:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-12T16:34:38.353-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>National Geographic</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Rogue River Rafting</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Rogue River Trips</category><title>Best Adventure Travel Outfitter on Earth</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/uploaded_images/logo5-740623.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 176px; height: 200px;" src="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/uploaded_images/logo5-740605.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are pleased to announce that National Geographic Adventure has selected Rogue River Journeys to be distinguished as one of the best adventure travel outfitters on earth. The excitement of receiving this prestigious award won't wear off quickly, but we are already looking forward to capturing the award for a second time in 2010. To read the full review of IORJ in National Geographic, &lt;a href="http://adventure.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/outfitter_profile/id185"&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our amazing guides are the ones who make the trips we run so incredible. They are the life and blood of our business and without them we would be any ordinary outfitter. Rogue River Journeys has always been dedicated to bringing our customers the VERY BEST in adventure travel, and we are overwhelmingly delighted to have been recognized at such a high level.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our customers who took the online survey provided by National Geographic - thank you so much for your participation! We are looking forward to serving all of you in 2009 with big smiles, big rapids, and lifelong memories.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5043264720072515709-6344583700514716205?l=www.roguerivertrips.com%2Fblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/2009/01/best-adventure-travel-outfitter-on.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Let's go rafting!   -Will Volpert)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043264720072515709.post-4827509826159589610</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-31T11:02:38.027-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Rogue River Journeys</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>New Year Resolutions</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Rogue River Rafting</category><title>Resolutions for 2009</title><description>At Rogue River Journeys, we believe that the best fireworks show is underneath the actual stars above the Rogue River, the occasional shooting star streaking from canyon wall to canyon wall, and the full moon rising downstream. Tonight you may watch a different type of fireworks display as the countdown towards the New Year – a fresh start, revitalization, and new opportunities – begins. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the Rogue River a New Year means nothing. The river flows regardless of the season, regardless of the time of day, and most importantly, regardless of anyone’s schedule. It is a timeless countdown from the moment each individual drop of water reaches the Rogue drainage, flushes over Rainie Falls, careens down Mule Creek Canyon, bounces down Blossom Bar, and slips softly into the Pacific Ocean. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The river has a way of evaporating stresses and barriers to bring friends, family, and new acquaintances together into bonding moments – much like the water, each drop an individual, but bonded together to form the river. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Resolutions are normally commitments or promises to ones self. In 2009, our resolutions are not only commitments to ourselves, but also commitments to each one of our customers. In no particular order, here is what we promise to you, our valued friend, customer, and river traveler:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) We will be excellent stewards of the river. Our trips will always follow the “Leave No Trace” ethic and we will strive to protect the Rogue as the Wild and Scenic River it is.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2) Our trips will always have a “safety-first” attitude. Our guides will have the best safety training possible and our equipment will always be top-notch. Our decisions regarding safety will never be taken lightly. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3) We will provide an excellent value for your dollar. The experiences our customers will have on our trips cannot be quantified by dollars. Memories from our trips will last a lifetime.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4) Our customers will come off the river knowing they chose the right outfitter. We will prove to them from the very start of our relationship that Rogue River Journeys can “walk the walk” and live-up to the expectations we have set so high.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5) We will be an excellent employer for the men and women who work for us. We will provide guides and staff with housing options throughout the river season, offer opportunities for advancement, and a competitive retirement plan. Our guides will be the happiest guides on the river.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6) We will support the community in which we operate. We will buy from local businesses and be an active member of the community.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5043264720072515709-4827509826159589610?l=www.roguerivertrips.com%2Fblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/2008/12/resolutions-for-2009.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Let's go rafting!   -Will Volpert)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043264720072515709.post-1978260505533960230</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:47:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-29T15:55:53.116-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Rogue River Rafting</category><title>Rogue River Rafting and Snow</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/uploaded_images/010-740711.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/uploaded_images/010-740695.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FACT: In the last two weeks the Rogue River drainage has seen nearly two feet of fresh snow.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Q: What's this mean today? &lt;br /&gt;A: Mainly that it is darn cold in Southern Oregon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Q: What's this mean for the summer? &lt;br /&gt;A: That we are going to have AWESOME river flows!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rogue river rafting trips are filling up fast for this coming summer. With a snow pack like this, it's hard to think of a better place to be other than the Rogue River. It might be cold now, but summer always promises warm water and sunny rays.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Got the winter blues? Cheer yourself up by booking a trip with Rogue River Journeys. Give us a call at 1-866-213-7754.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5043264720072515709-1978260505533960230?l=www.roguerivertrips.com%2Fblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/2008/12/rogue-river-rafting-and-snow.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Let's go rafting!   -Will Volpert)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043264720072515709.post-3604386247109704918</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:02:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-10T11:08:28.418-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Pub and Grub</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Rogue River Journeys</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Full Sail Brewing</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Rogue Theme Trips</category><title>Full Sail Brewing Pub &amp; Grub on the Rogue River</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/images/headers/rogue_landscap.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 180px;" src="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/images/headers/rogue_landscap.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rogue River Journeys is proud to partner with Full Sail Brewing of Hood River to offer the 2009 Rogue River Pub &amp; Grub Trip. For three days we will float the Rogue and stay each of our two nights in the beautiful rustic lodges of Paradise and Black Bar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you are a beer fanatic, love being outside, but also desire the comfort of a bed and shower each night, this is the trip for YOU!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This three-day trip is scheduled for June 24-26, 2009.  For additional information about the Pub &amp; Grub, please visit our special &lt;a href="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/full_sail_pub_grub.html"&gt;"Pub &amp; Grub" web page&lt;/a&gt;.  For more information about Full Sail and the award winning beers they brew, visit the &lt;a href="http://www.fullsailbrewing.com/default.cfm"&gt;Full Sail website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5043264720072515709-3604386247109704918?l=www.roguerivertrips.com%2Fblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/2008/12/full-sail-brewing-pub-grub-on-rogue.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Let's go rafting!   -Will Volpert)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043264720072515709.post-4942737586108932704</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-11-25T17:00:24.461-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>DeRiemer Kayaking</category><title>DeRiemer Kayaking Schools on the Rogue River</title><description>We have chosen dates for the 2009 &lt;a href="http://www.adventurekayaking.com/rogue.html"&gt;DeRiemer adventure kayaking classes&lt;/a&gt; on the Rogue River.  Each year, we partner with the DeRiemer's to offer one of the best kayaking schools available. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The 2009 dates are:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• August 12th-15th&lt;br /&gt;• August 19th-22nd&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The trips are full of energy and scores of fun.  You'll learn new skills and practice the old ones.  Phil and Mary have a reputation for being excellent instructors.  These trips have always filled quickly.  If you reserve your spot before December 1, 2008, you will only be charged the 2008 rate...  So, book now and SAVE big!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is our promotional flyer for the 2009 trips:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sSIYurhFkZo/SQjMIrZGpVI/AAAAAAAAA6w/NGA3stbb1C8/s1600-h/DeRiemer_Rogue_Kayaking.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sSIYurhFkZo/SQjMIrZGpVI/AAAAAAAAA6w/NGA3stbb1C8/s400/DeRiemer_Rogue_Kayaking.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262680614041462098" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Call Jim Ritter today to reserve your spot on the trip. &lt;br /&gt;Toll-free: 1-866-213-7754&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5043264720072515709-4942737586108932704?l=www.roguerivertrips.com%2Fblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/2008/11/deriemer-kayaking-schools-on-rogue.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Let's go rafting!   -Will Volpert)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sSIYurhFkZo/SQjMIrZGpVI/AAAAAAAAA6w/NGA3stbb1C8/s72-c/DeRiemer_Rogue_Kayaking.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043264720072515709.post-2052980075004750786</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:59:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-11-25T16:59:24.083-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Rogue River Rafting</category><title>The Rogue River "Row-Your-Own"</title><description>Our October 10th Rogue River trip was wonderful.  We ran it as a "row-your-own" rafting trip and had folks from all over western Oregon join us.  The mix of experience, ages, boats, and folks made this trip an absolute blast.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With us were:&lt;br /&gt;Dan and Jared from Portland, OR&lt;br /&gt;Emilie, Nick, and Erin from Ashland, OR (Go &lt;a href="http://www.oregonrafting.org/sou_whitewater_club/"&gt;SOU Whitewater Club&lt;/a&gt;!)&lt;br /&gt;Dana and Will from Beaverton, OR&lt;br /&gt;Ryan, Danielle, and Paul from Molalla, OR (Check out Ryan's &lt;a href="http://molallakayaker.blogspot.com/"&gt;kayaking blog&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;Scott from Grants Pass, OR&lt;br /&gt;Martina from Austria (Portland on a study abroad)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's a short video clip put together by the SOU Whitewater Club... Enjoy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="344" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Oh6tDe4ZRQw&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Oh6tDe4ZRQw&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5043264720072515709-2052980075004750786?l=www.roguerivertrips.com%2Fblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/2008/11/rogue-river-row-your-own.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Let's go rafting!   -Will Volpert)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043264720072515709.post-3967412817579726396</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:57:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-11-25T16:58:09.047-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Rogue River Rafting</category><title>August 20th, 2008 DeRiemer Kayaking Trip</title><description>Our August 20th &lt;a href="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/"&gt;Rogue River Trip&lt;/a&gt; was a designated kayak school taught by DeRiemer Kayaking.  In 2009 we are offering the same kayaking trip on August 12th and August 26th.  Here are a few photos from our 2008 DeRiemer Kayaking Trip:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sSIYurhFkZo/SPUcxd8k_CI/AAAAAAAAA5s/Bu2-hBBEGPY/s1600-h/DSC_0312.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sSIYurhFkZo/SPUcxd8k_CI/AAAAAAAAA5s/Bu2-hBBEGPY/s400/DSC_0312.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257139776202800162" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sSIYurhFkZo/SPUcxQMj7qI/AAAAAAAAA50/tFEF6OfOCtM/s1600-h/DSC_0315B.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sSIYurhFkZo/SPUcxQMj7qI/AAAAAAAAA50/tFEF6OfOCtM/s400/DSC_0315B.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257139772511743650" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sSIYurhFkZo/SPUcoePPRII/AAAAAAAAA5E/n7XFxoNoWjI/s1600-h/DSC_0188.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sSIYurhFkZo/SPUcoePPRII/AAAAAAAAA5E/n7XFxoNoWjI/s400/DSC_0188.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257139621662246018" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sSIYurhFkZo/SPUcokpW4iI/AAAAAAAAA5M/6SZIUsRu7XI/s1600-h/DSC_0239B.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sSIYurhFkZo/SPUcokpW4iI/AAAAAAAAA5M/6SZIUsRu7XI/s400/DSC_0239B.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257139623382409762" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sSIYurhFkZo/SPUcoqLoXXI/AAAAAAAAA5U/9IEPbm4Yr9Y/s1600-h/DSC_0249.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sSIYurhFkZo/SPUcoqLoXXI/AAAAAAAAA5U/9IEPbm4Yr9Y/s400/DSC_0249.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257139624868339058" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sSIYurhFkZo/SPUcon9vr7I/AAAAAAAAA5c/i8_NCtizlgQ/s1600-h/DSC_0252B.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sSIYurhFkZo/SPUcon9vr7I/AAAAAAAAA5c/i8_NCtizlgQ/s400/DSC_0252B.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257139624273227698" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sSIYurhFkZo/SPUcow0DzoI/AAAAAAAAA5k/0UXHx9V0yUw/s1600-h/DSC_0264.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sSIYurhFkZo/SPUcow0DzoI/AAAAAAAAA5k/0UXHx9V0yUw/s400/DSC_0264.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257139626648522370" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5043264720072515709-3967412817579726396?l=www.roguerivertrips.com%2Fblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/2008/11/august-20th-2008-deriemer-kayaking-trip.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Let's go rafting!   -Will Volpert)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sSIYurhFkZo/SPUcxd8k_CI/AAAAAAAAA5s/Bu2-hBBEGPY/s72-c/DSC_0312.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043264720072515709.post-6960817620193381166</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:56:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-11-25T16:56:26.400-08:00</atom:updated><title>America Outdoors on the Rogue</title><description>Our September 25th Rogue trip was a trip designed specifically for America Outdoors members. We took three days from Grave Creek to Foster Bar.  Our first night was spent at Horseshoe Bend and our second night was at &lt;a href="http://www.paradise-lodge.com/"&gt;Paradise Lodge&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What made this trip different was that it consisted of only outfitters and guides who had signed up for the trip at last years &lt;a href="http://www.americaoutdoors.org/"&gt;America Outdoors&lt;/a&gt; fundraiser.  The mix of different rivers each outfitter offers trips on, geographic regions, and young and old outfitters was astounding.  The group consisted of the following:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• Steve Welch with &lt;a href="http://www.arta.org/"&gt;A.R.T.A.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• Dick and Suzy Linford with &lt;a href="http://www.echotrips.com/"&gt;Echo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• George Wendt and Steve Markel with &lt;a href="http://www.oars.com/"&gt;O.A.R.S.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• Devon Parsons and Kelly Bulkley with &lt;a href="http://www.kokopelliraft.com/"&gt;Kokopelli Rafting Adventures&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• Gary Staab with &lt;a href="http://www.aroadventures.com/"&gt;Adirondack River Adventures&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• Andrew Pratt and Susan Howie with &lt;a href="http://www.insideoutexperience.com/"&gt;Inside-Out Experience&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• Bob and Will Volpert with &lt;a href="http://www.roguerivertrips.com/"&gt;Idaho and Oregon River Journeys&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;The &lt;a href="http://www.americaoutdoors.org/"&gt;America Outdoors&lt;/a&gt; crew (from left to right):&lt;br /&gt;Devon, Kelly, Andrew, Susan, Bob, Will, George,&lt;br /&gt;Steve, Gary, Dick, Suzy, and Steve. &lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" &gt;(Click to enlarge&lt;/span&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sSIYurhFkZo/SN8fHOjJ5fI/AAAAAAAAA2s/4Ia7vWHtvvA/s1600-h/ao_group.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sSIYurhFkZo/SN8fHOjJ5fI/AAAAAAAAA2s/4Ia7vWHtvvA/s400/ao_group.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250949899562378738" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Dick and Suzy floating down the&lt;br /&gt;Rogue River &lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" &gt;(Click to enlarge&lt;/span&gt;):&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sSIYurhFkZo/SN8fG4MkY3I/AAAAAAAAA2k/yHO2pLQnF2c/s1600-h/driftboat_rogue_river.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sSIYurhFkZo/SN8fG4MkY3I/AAAAAAAAA2k/yHO2pLQnF2c/s400/driftboat_rogue_river.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250949893562065778" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;George, Dick, Steve, and Bob hanging out&lt;br /&gt;at Paradise Lodge &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" &gt;(Click to enlarge&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;): &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sSIYurhFkZo/SN8fHYeBe4I/AAAAAAAAA20/DSBaqwfoaoA/s1600-h/outfitters.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sSIYurhFkZo/SN8fHYeBe4I/AAAAAAAAA20/DSBaqwfoaoA/s400/outfitters.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250949902225210242" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.americaoutdoors.org/"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 159px; height: 171px;" src="http://www.aventuraspanama.com/WINTRODUCCION/American%20Outdoors%20Logo.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5043264720072515709-6960817620193381166?l=www.roguerivertrips.com%2Fblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/2008/11/america-outdoors-on-rogue.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Let's go rafting!   -Will Volpert)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sSIYurhFkZo/SN8fHOjJ5fI/AAAAAAAAA2s/4Ia7vWHtvvA/s72-c/ao_group.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043264720072515709.post-4016655322188408424</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2007 08:21:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-02-07T00:27:34.474-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Rogue River expansion</category><title>Expanded business on the Rogue River</title><description>We're excited to have signifcantly expanded our business on the Rogue over the winter.  We bought part of another outfitter's business to give us at least one launch each week from mid-June through August.  Trip dates, prices and information is available at our website, www.RogueRiverTrips.com  Now the crew and I will be working on how to run this expanded operation so that we do the very best job that we can for our guests.  Try to get on the river in 2007.  It's lot's of fun!  Jim Ritter, Rogue River Journeys&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5043264720072515709-4016655322188408424?l=www.roguerivertrips.com%2Fblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/2007/02/expanded-business-on-rogue-river.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Let's go rafting!   -Will Volpert)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043264720072515709.post-7199109533879315191</guid><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jan 2007 19:49:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-02-08T14:33:08.449-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Links</category><title>Adventure Travel Links</title><description>• &lt;a href="http://www.idahoriverjourneys.com"&gt;Idaho River Journeys&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• &lt;a href="http://www.kernrivertrips.com"&gt;Kern River Outfitters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• &lt;a href="http://www.oregonrafting.org"&gt;Oregon Rafting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• &lt;a href="http://www.middleforksalmon.org"&gt;Middle Fork Salmon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• &lt;a href="http://www.hotelsdestination.com"&gt;Hotel Destination&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5043264720072515709-7199109533879315191?l=www.roguerivertrips.com%2Fblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.roguerivertrips.com/blog/2007/01/rogue-river-journeys-has-new-blog.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Let's go rafting!   -Will Volpert)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item></channel></rss>