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(Pun actually was intended there.) Although it is true that we love all the families that come rafting with us throughout the year, the title actually refers instead to one particular family: the Armstrongs, founders and owners of All Outdoors […]

Wrap (n): The less-than-ideal situation in which a boat is held against a rock or boulder in the river for an indeterminant amount of time by the force of the current. When I and seven other guides got to the […]

One of the best things about working for All Outdoors is the fact that within just two weekends, you can raft the North Stanislaus, the South Fork of the American, the Kaweah, and the Tuolumne River. You can go from […]

About a month ago, when the water was still extremely high and the weather a little bit wetter, Kevin Elardi decided to spend a weekend exploring the Middle Fork American River Canyon during a time of year in which it’s […]

We get creative, and usually try to ensure that we amuse everyone else in the process. Don’t get me wrong… these are not angry fights, he-said, she-said rumor mills, or anything quite that serious. (We’re all pretty content with our […]

The last time California saw as much snow as this year was sometime in the early 1980s. Point being: high water years don’t come around very often. Since some rivers change more dramatically than others do when the water gets […]

As a result of increased Folsom Dam costs and recent flood fears ignited by Hurricane Katrina, congressional supporters of an Auburn Dam have recently been successful in obtaining funding and powerful allies on Capitol Hill that lend momentum to a […]

Scott Armstrong, Owner and Operations Manager here at All-Outdoors, is temporarily trading in the logistics and adventure of a rafting company for the bifocals, slide projectors, and esteem of the intellectual community. In a slightly hurtful statement the other day, […]

Over the last 15 years, the American River Conservancy has worked hard to aquire the funding and land necessary to make a trail system along the South Fork American River a reality. (See recent post, American River Trail- A New […]

When I was a kid, my German mother asked me once, “Do you think you’ll be an American citizen your whole life or do you think you’ll want to move to Germany or somewhere else?” I looked at her incredulously, […]