With his kids grown, outdoor writer T. Edward Nickens reflects on his favorite family vacation memories and makes the case for taking your kids camping.

Here’s a quick guide to some of the most common river terminology and signals that guides use to communicate while floating downstream.

An Idaho dory guide shares some insider tips for how to rig a dory for a big day of whitewater. Here's what you need to know...

OARS California whitewater rafting trips have 50+ years experience on 6 California rafting rivers. Rated “Best River Outfitter” by National Geographic!

Flowing through one of the last great unprotected wilderness areas of the West, you'll feel like a true explorer rafting the Owyhee River.

Just a six hour drive from Portland is the gateway to Idaho’s world-renowned rivers and Lower Salmon River rafting. You'll wish you knew about this sooner.

On dory trips, the question that inevitably comes up is, "Where do the names on the boats come from?" We've got the answer right here...

A river guide for nearly 50 years, Lew Steiger is a Grand Canyon original. With OARS since 1988, we asked him to share one of his proudest moments...

Employment opportunity for an American River Food Room Supervisor at our Lotus, CA operation with OARS, since 1969.