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Western River Stories
Planning for the Unexpected: A Guide to Travel Insurance
December 28, 2020
Guest blog provided By Susan Doktor Since its onset, the coronavirus has shaken the very bedrock of our lives: who we see, where we go, how we...
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Weather can’t spoil a trip to remember down the Grand Canyon
November 10, 2020
By Eileen Ogintz DID YOU KNOW: Desert Big Horn Sheep are seen more frequently in the Grand Canyon now that their major food source...
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Better and best: Thoughts on our last day rafting the Grand Canyon
November 10, 2020
By Eileen Ogintz DID YOU KNOW: Only about 100 people had traveled by boat through the Grand Canyon by 1949–eighty years after John Wesley Powell’s...
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Day 4 Grand Canyon: Big rapids, beautiful waterfalls
November 10, 2020
By Eileen Ogintz DID YOU KNOW: It takes an eight-mile hike to reach the famous and popular 98-foot high Havasu Falls, within Havasupai tribal...
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Day 2 Grand Canyon: exploring the “ancients,” a dubious crowd estimate and birthday cake!
November 10, 2020
By Eileen Ogintz DID YOU KNOW: The Colorado River may reach speeds of 10-15 mph at steeper rapids, though average smooth water speed is 3-4 mph....
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Day 3 in the Grand Canyon: tragic crash site, fun on the Little Colorado River
November 10, 2020
By Eileen Ogintz DID YOU KNOW: Nearly 6 million people visit the Grand Canyon each year but only about 18,000 raft the Colorado River on...
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Three waterfalls in one day in the Grand Canyon!
November 10, 2020
By Eileen Ogintz DID YOU KNOW: Pork chops for breakfast has been a tradition at Western River Expeditions because company founder, Jack Currey was...
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DAY ONE: Rafting the Grand Canyon with Western River Expeditions
October 21, 2020
Guest Blog originally posted on www.takingthekids.com By Eileen Ogintz DID YOU KNOW: The oldest rocks in the Grand Canyon date back 1.8 billion...
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Fitting Everything in One Bag: Rafting Survival Kit
June 18, 2020
The nationwide lockdowns probably put a damper in your enthusiasm as it has prevented most of us from pursuing our travel plans. But instead of...
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Behind the Scenes Grand Canyon Rafting
June 10, 2020
At some point in any river trip through the Grand Canyon, a guest will ask, “How do you get the boats back upstream?” As guides, it's hard to...
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The L.A. Times Prescribes Whitewater Rafting as Best Possible Vacation for Summer of 2020
May 12, 2020
"If and when life returns to normal — whatever the heck that will mean — this spring or summer, one of the first things I want to do is get on a...
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Cowboy Up He Said... Spring is around the Corner.
May 11, 2020
YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THE SAYING "COWBOY UP" IN THESE CHALLENGING TIMES, PERHAPS WE CAN GAIN PERSPECTIVE AND STAYING POWER AS TAUGHT BY A COWBOY WHO...
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Western River Expeditions wasn’t always Western River Expeditions
April 22, 2020
So I've been told... Western River Expeditions wasn’t always Western River Expeditions. In the beginning, it was just one man, Jack Currey,...
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Reading List for the River
April 2, 2020
I have been extremely fortunate to have spent almost 600 miles on various rivers with Western River Expeditions. The next planned trip is June 16,...
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Our Brains in STOP, YIELD and GO - Building a Sense of Adventure
March 26, 2020
My friend, and former Western River guide, Kyndel Marcroft has made a career of studying the brain in relation to stressful or traumatic situations...
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Five Boats, Five Stories: J-Rigs, Oar rigs, Paddle rafts, Dories and Duckies in Grand Canyon
March 10, 2020
My first exposure to white water rafting down the grand canyon was as a 17 year old "extra swamper" on a motorized J-Rig raft. Maybe that skews my...
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Grand Canyon Rafting
January 28, 2020
What is the Grand Canyon? If you typed this question into your search engine you would likely get a simple geographical/geological answer stating...
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2019 Year in Review
December 26, 2019
2019 was a tremendous year for Western River Expeditions and the Moab Adventure Center. We had a lot of water in the river, thanks to some heavy...
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Brian's Welcome to Moab, Utah
November 11, 2019
Anyone who has booked their Utah multi-day rafting trip may have already stumbled upon this insightful video from our CEO Brian Merrill on one our...
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10 Tips for the First Time Whitewater Rafter - Western River Blog
October 3, 2019
1. Don’t over pack Everyone over packs. I’ve done hundreds of whitewater rafting trips and I’ve over packed for almost every one. I’ve come off...
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Seven Surprises of a Grand Canyon Trip - Western River Blog
October 3, 2019
Seven is a good number. The Grand Canyon is one of seven wonders of the world. The Grand Canyon was a surprise to Conquistadors en-route to the...
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