Resurrection of the Presumpscot
Liam and I never gave our game a name, so I just call it the “Post game.” For five straight summers, from our senior year in high school through all...
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A Dark, Oxygen Deprived Place: A river story from podcast host A.M. Lewis
When I was little, my older sister and I would compete to see who could hold our breaths for longer. She always won, and by a wide margin too, but...
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The Skagit River Full Circle
Last month alongside a few fellow guides of Orion river rafting I had the pleasure of guiding a trip with American Rivers down the Skagit River to celebrate the 50th...
Learn MoreThe Calawah
Years ago I worked with the Quileute Indians on a flood estuary survey to return trapped trout, steelhead and salmon back to the river. The Calawah would run dry in...
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People on the river are happy to give
When she handed my husband Nelson the two cold beers, plus six fresh eggs from her chickens and a small bundle of firewood, I almost fell to my knees and...
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American Gold! The South Fork of the American River
As long as there are young men with the light of adventure in their eyes or a touch of wildness in their souls, rapids will be run. –Sigurd Olson This...
Learn MoreFrom Russia to River
My river moment was seeing the delight and awe on my sons’ faces when they went through their first set of rapids ever. My husband and I adopted our sons...
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Upper Missouri River Breaks: A Monument We Should All See
There are some places in this country’s great outdoors that have become quintessentially “American” – the mighty Grand Canyon, the granite rock faces of Yosemite, the forests of the Blue...
Learn MoreRafting Through the Grand Canyon!
Each evening we would fall asleep blanketed by a billion stars and soothed by the rushing river waters. Safely tucked in our sleeping bags, my husband and I and our...
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Coffee in the Garden of Sacred Datura
The Heart of the World is located at the confluence of the Green and Colorado Rivers in Canyonlands National Park. The tradition is to drink whiskey at the confluence and...
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