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.

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.

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

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

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...

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

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...

Come September, whitewater lovers flock to West Virginia's Gauley River to experience the East Coast’s best (and wildest) rafting trip. Is it for you?

Some of the best-named famous whitewater rapids are clever plays on words, while others hint at the best way to run them or someone's folly or misfortune.