Happy Birthday Oregon!

Oregon is celebrating 150 years of blissful Statehood this year. February 14, 1859, is the official date of admittance to the Union. O'Brien's Rogue River Outfitters is planning a summer long season of celebrations that you wont want to miss!

Our favorite party animal is of course, the Oregon state beaver! The are so welcoming and offer all of our out of town guests special 'lodging'. The party game we enjoy is a large, four-legged variety, with stocky bodies and dark brown or black fur. For an extra special birthday song, the osprey sing to their young as the running water plays back up! Of course, if you prefer a little Rock and Roll, then the whitewater rapids will be just right for you in an inflatable kayak. Party favors include delicious food, photos, and fun for the whole family! Help us celebrate Oregon's 150th Birthday this summer.

Happy New Year!

We hope 2009 brings good health, great happiness, and lasting adventures!

Merry Christmas!

Have a wonderful time celebrating with family and friends. Enjoy one another, offer gifts of kindness and good cheer, share a smile, and find contentment in the little things life brings your way. Happy Christmas Day! Love, The O'Brien Family

Snow Along the Rogue River

Winter has arrived in the Rogue Valley! The Evergreens are dressed in white, the river has a crisp, crackling flow, and the air is clean and bright. Right now it is 17 degrees at O'Brien's Headquarters.

We are enjoying the beauty of the season. Grab a warm cup of coffee, cocoa or tea and enjoy the view!

Rogue River Thanksgiving

Life on the Rogue is a special way to live. We are very thankful that we get to live in God's country along the banks of the Rogue River, nestled in the rich fertile valley of the Siskiyou-Klamath Mountain Range.


Our Thanksgiving was cooked cast iron style over a campfire at one of our favorite campsites. We forgot about the removal of the tables by the parks department during the winter time, but Tim improvised and built a table out of firewood! We cooked fog bank mashed potatoes, s'more sweet potatoes, gravel bar peas and onions, and fire roasted herbed turkey complete with corn bread stuffing. We thought the names would entice you to try a cook out of your own or better yet, with us! The camp coffee kept us warm as we topped off dinner with pumpkin pie.

We enjoyed the chatter of the belted king fisher, the warmth of the fire, the freedom to enjoy the great outdoors and the company of one another. Here's to living the good life one day at a time and to sharing the gratitude of another beautiful season on the Rogue River.
Happy Thanksgiving!



Rogue River Rafting Dinner Trips

Rainshowers and Starshowers

November in the Rogue Valley can be a time of volatile weather patterns. We have had a very mild fall with warm days and cool nights that led into a surprise cloaking of heavy fog. The fog lasted for 5 days,and temperatures remained steady between 41 and 45 degrees day and night. Then it rained. As the warmer weather moved into the valley, the fog lifted and the cloaking fog lifted to reveal the surrounding mountains. As the evergreen peaks were revealed, the sun peaked through, pale blue sky appeared and the views became spectacular.

Between rainshowers at night, the clouds parted and the brilliant autumn stars danced vividly in the night sky. The Milky Way offered an extra background brilliance as the starshowers fell in front. Autumn evenings of stargazing and puffy, cloudy days make another great season in the Rogue River Valley.

Oregon Rafting

Ride into the Wild Rogue

While taking a photo trip along the river, we watched three horseback riders enter the water from the river right. There are no roads going in or out and access is miles away on a rough, little used, mostly forgotten logging and mining road. There used to be an old homestead where the horses and their riders entered the river corridor. There are remnants of canning and food preservation artifacts, other household items and some mining debris. Everything else has been washed away over the years from high water and floods. The site is now used by rafters and fishermen for picnicking and camping.

The riders were obviously enjoying the gorgeous day, full of autumn colors and took their horses into the water at the rocky bank on the bend of the river. They rested for a moment and then turned back into the wilderness for their return journey. Watching them from a distance above was like a trip back in time and into the wild west!

Oregon River Rafting
Rogue River Rafting Day Trips