South Fork Farm!
We here in our Lotus River Operations office (ie HQ for AO Rafting) have a new neighbor just up the road! South Fork Farm at Wakamatsu. This organic 10 acre farm is located on the historic site of the 19th […]
We here in our Lotus River Operations office (ie HQ for AO Rafting) have a new neighbor just up the road! South Fork Farm at Wakamatsu. This organic 10 acre farm is located on the historic site of the 19th […]
The bus rattles to a stop back at the All-Outdoors parking lot along the South Fork American River. Taking a deep yawn you stretch your limbs and climb out of the bus into the bright sunlight. You say a last […]
Trips with family and friends are fun. There’s a boat (or maybe two) of you floating down the river, splashing around, laughing through rapids. But what happens when you get the whole clan together? This past weekend a group of […]
You’ve done all the planning just right. You booked your rafting trip on the South Fork American River. You printed directions and packed up the car the night before. You even left yourself an extra 45 minutes of drive time […]
I think that adults remember their grandparents in snapshots. When I think of my dad’s father, I see him after his stroke; thin, frail, confined to a wheelchair. I see my dad’s mom, graying, stressed, a bit short tempered. I […]
This past weekend we saw more Armstrongs than Napa has wine grapes: it was the annual Armstrong/Angeli Family Reunion hosted here at our River Center on the South Fork of the American River. Four generations–from age 3.5 to 88!–, 50+ […]
The Huz-band and I recently got away for a little overnight excursion and I was reminded of the power a wee vacay can have. Don’t get me wrong–I love an adventure of any size, but if you can swing spending […]
It’s California Poppy time in the Coloma-Lotus Valley. Whether you’re a wildflower fan or a committed city-dweller who LOVES concrete, I can’t imagine you not being impressed with the show displayed on the sides of Mount Murphy right now. It’s a vibrant sea […]
If you’re headed up to raft the South Fork American with us the first weekend of October and you want an easy, affordable way to make a full weekend out of it, check out this cool opportunity with the American […]
Everyone knows that during the CA Gold Rush “the world rushed in,” right? Meaning it wasn’t just Bostonian tailors, Southern farmers, and small-town preachers who up and left their homes to try and strike it rich in California in 1849. […]
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