Summer Sensations!

Drifting in the cool water while the air temperatures hover in the 90 degree range; Paddling with family and friends in the Rocket Boat; Cloudless deep blue skies; The smell of sweet, ripe blackberries drifting across the river; Water gun fights with friendly and enemy pirates; Lunch served daily at the river's edge; The greatest selection of skipping rocks you have ever seen; Snowy white egrets flying over blue-green water; Mountains full of evergreen and deciduous trees; The chattering call of the belted kingfisher; Riding the bull through whitewater rapids. These are a few of the end of summer sensations that everyone is enjoying on the river these days. Come on out to play!

Rogue River Rafting Trips

Celebrating liberty and freedom on this Independence Day! Happy Fourth of July ~ here's to living the good life on the Rogue River!

Rogue River Rafting Trips

Rogue River Raft Trip

It was a terrific day out on the water and so much fun to ride the front of the raft through the rapids with the singing quartet! Who needs iTunes when you can listen to riverTunes?! What a wonderful trip. We look forward to our next raft trip with you and the songs you sing!

Rogue River Rafting

Rogue River Rafting Vacations are the best and a great time for the whole family! The heat is on in Grants Pass and summer is definitely here. Grab your hat and sunglasses and come on out to play in the Southern Oregon Sunshine!

Happy Father's Day, River Man!

Here's to O'Brien's Irish River Man and living the good life along the Rogue River!

Tim and Karyn near Old Man Riffle after an evening float.

Tim and Jolene paddling toward the late afternoon sun below Whitehorse.

Good times with Karyn inflating kayaks.

Mama to be Jolene rowing Tim down the stream!


Looking forward to another river adventure with you soon. Here's to living the dream~

Rogue Rafting in Late Spring

Rogue River Rafting in late spring is spectacular! The water levels are higher, the flow is faster and yet time seems to stand still. Eagles and osprey are feeding fledglings, deer are coaxing the fawns from the willows, and the otter are nursing and fishing for their pups. With all of the spring flowers still in bloom, there is magic in the air.

Reality Check

Purple lupine in full bloom, green meadows and new growth on trees, grey and yellow baby goslings coated in down, white water, blue rocket boat, can this all be real? We pinched ourselves and yep! It's true. Come and experience the wonder with us!

Wild Rogue Waves

Wild Wave riding was the call for the day for these five awesome paddlers! With a larger volume of water flowing between the banks of the mighty Rogue River, there are some amazing runs to be had by all adventurers. The rapids will not disappoint you, they'll just make you want to keep coming back for more!

One More, Please!

Rafters catching just one more wave, just one more battle, just one more thrill of a lifetime, just one more before sundown today, please~!

Paddlers and Playmakers!

Playful and provocative? Absolutely! Can they agree on who won the water battle? Not a chance. They all want a rematch! Come on out and join the playmakers and the paddlers!

Take Some Time to Enjoy!

Grab some of your best buddies, and come on out on the water in one of our big blue boats. Take in some sunny, wet, and wild fun...Paddling is optional!

Happy Mother's Day

Thanks mom!

You are one terrific high adventure seeker!



We hope you have a wonderful day mom! You have front row seats reserved for you when you come out to visit this summer :) With love from Oregon.


Rogue River Rafting Trips

Celebrate Mothers Oregon Style

Happy Mother's Day to all the wonderful Mamas out there! Fresh air, fresh food, fun water, and lots of family is celebrating Oregon Style! Grab your boat-coats and head to the river, there is an adventure waiting for you, just around the river bend!

Spring Raft Trips

It is time for spring runs of rafting on the Rogue River. This means there are plenty of early season strawberries, bird watching for nesters and hatchlings, purple haze lupine, and lots of fast, fun water! Come on out for a wonderful spring day on the Rogue River!

Lunch Along the Rogue

Fresh food and fresh air on the banks of the Rogue River...life just keeps getting better! Eat a little, visit a little, swim a little, eat a little more, skip a few rocks, go back for second or thirds, gear up for the second half of the day, but don't forget another river brownie!!

Water Beds, Rogue River Style!

Rafting with kids is a great family time to share together. One of our specialties is taking young tykes and their parents down the river. Everyone has a ball! Then they take a nap on the greatest water bed around! Half Day Rogue River Raft Trips are perfect for very young children to experience milder rapids and some easy stretches of water. Be warned: once the little ones get a taste of the river, you will have to return year after year for the river time nap!

Happy Birthday Bob!

We have the perfect riverside table waiting for you with the best burgers around! We won't order until you get here! Have a Happy Birthday!!

River Rafting Trips on the Rogue

Oregon river rafting is taking on a whole new meaning at this time of year! We have one and a half times the snow melt for an average year which means more water, more waterfalls, more wildflowers, more rapids, more adventure, and much more fun!! Join us on the river!

Little River Runner!

Happy Birthday to our youngest river runner! Ada turns 1 year old today. It won't be long now until the sun is shining bright enough to get her little twinkle toes back on the water!


Ada and Karyn in June 2010. Ada was about 8 weeks old for her first rafting adventure!


Ada, Karyn, and Zac enjoy a bit of shade along the Rogue River!

Time to Get the Oars Wet

Ready, set, get wet! It is time to make plans for some great Oregon Rafting with the family this summer. Trees are budding, birds are nesting, rivers are rising, let's get wet!

Happy Spring

Spring has returned to the Rogue Valley with plenty of moisture, budding trees, and the opsrey building their nests. Make some plans and let's go boating!

Oregon Family River Rafting

It is time to start planning for your Family Vacation on the Rogue River. Front row seats, fresh air, great whitewater, and more stars than you can count in a lifetime are waiting! Join us for a wonderful adventure for the the whole family.

River People

Amy and Steve aka Amy and Stitch are some of the greatest folks you could ever meet on and off the river. Here they are geared up for a Lower Rogue Trip with nothing but good times ahead!

Peach Pump

The flood waters of 1964 made a big impact along the Rogue River. This old pump was washed out of the peach orchard it helped water, and it hasn't moved since!

60 Degrees in January!

It was beautiful today in the Rogue Valley! The sunrise was spectacular with the bright orange and pink streaking across the sky. It seemed like it could have been an early spring day with the temperatures and sunshine all day. This evening was another light show in the sky at sunset with more of the same pink and orange painting the western horizon. Snow levels will drop again tonight, but for now the warmth of the sunlight was very welcome!

Let the Rains Shine On!

The Rogue River Gorge near Union Creek will be filling up with the additional rainfall this weekend and snow levels rising to 7,000 feet. Get outside over this holiday weekend! Happy Puddle Jumping!

Rogue River Rafting

Rogue Snow

Imagine the possibilities!

Winter Campfire Soup

Nothing warms the insides quite like a hot fire and a cup of soup on a cold winter day. Start with the fire and get the coals hot, hot, hot!


Add the soup or stew pot! The Lodge makes great, rugged cast iron Dutch Ovens and soup pots.


Fill is with freshly chopped flavors like garlic, onion, and carrots, then pick your favorite meat and season it with a little salt and some of Trader Joe's 21 Salute Spice. Add a few potatoes that have been pierced with a fork, pour in some water to bring all of the flavors together, and set the pot to simmer over the campfire.


Mmmm, try this for dinner tonight!