wyldh2o Blog

Advertising with Wildfire at the Valley River Center

2008-07-21T08:59:00.000-07:00

Better run over to the Valley River Center in Eugene, Oregon before the end of July. Wild Water Adventures has a 15 second video ad running on the Wildfire advertistment flat panel video monitores installed in and through out the Mall's coridors. In addition our add will run on thier giantic video wall. This add runs only for the month of July so get over thier and check it out before it's too late.

Valley River Center Video Ad from Paul Reynolds on Vimeo.

More than just in the paper...

2008-07-20T14:52:00.000-07:00

It's been kind of fun. Remember that Register Guard article Wild Water Adventures was in. the article title was "McKenzie River gains popularity among rafter" by Mike Stahlberg. I blogged it on June 24th, 2008. Well I was surfing around the internet and I discovered that the article was syndicated through out the news wire. You can find that article at the following websites and more.

www.kpic.com
http://www.kpic.com/news/local/23966749.html
www.katu.com
http://www.katu.com/news/23966749.html
www.kcby.com
http://www.kcby.com/news/local/23966749.html
www.examiner.com
http://www.examiner.com/a-1468878~McKenzie_River_gains_popularity_among_rafters.html
www.oregonlive.com
http://www.oregonlive.com/outdoors/index.ssf/2008/07/mckenzie_river_gains_popularit.html
www.theolympian.com
http://www.theolympian.com/outdoors/story/501866.html
and the Associated Press
http://license.icopyright.net/user/viewContent.act?tag=3.5721%3Ficx_id%3DD91LILOG1

A Note From Michele

2008-07-18T17:59:00.000-07:00

"Tim, the girls and I have just returned home from our Calif/Oregon trip....We wanted to just say thanks for showing us a good time on our rafting trip...we enjoyed ourselves very much and Ken was just fabulous...he kept us in stitches the whole time....and splashing his friend Andy was an added bonus. You run a great program and hopefully we can take another trip with your company on our return visit in the future."

Thank you Michele. Ken is great, isn't he? I am so glad to hear that you and your family had a wonderful time. We did too. We hope to see you again on the river in the future. You guys are our BRFF (Best River Friends Forever).

Be sure to check out your photos @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/wyldh2o/2626315207/in/set-72157605926009112/

Sturgeon on my Door Step

2008-07-18T17:07:00.000-07:00

Lo' and behold on my door step was a box and in the box was wrapped in a million iced freezer packs a slab of Sturgeon. I immediately threw that chunk of meat in a pan with butter and seasonings and baked it until white and tender. I steamed some corn on the cob and had myself an early supper. It was wonderful. Thanks Craig! I hope you and your family had as much fun on the river as I did. Thanks again.

Kiss a Toad!

2008-07-18T17:01:00.000-07:00

I Love Cards! Doesn't everyone just love cards. Aren't they great! Marnie and I got this great card from Sally and family not too long ago. Thank you for the card Sally. I had an awesome time with you guys and I love the card! Hope we can do it again in the future. Our best wishes to you and your family and may the rest of your summer be almost as great as your rafting adventure with Wild Water Adventures.

Eugene 08 Report

2008-07-17T00:00:00.000-07:00

In our opinion the Eugene 08 Olympic Track and Field Trials were a great success. We heard a tremendous amount of positive feedback on the track events, festival, and background operations. We were able to take many of the participants of the trials down the river. The $39 McKenzie Quickie was a hit and so was our FREE Round Trip Transportation. We had a great time with you fun and spirited participants of the trials. We here at Wild Water Adventures want to extend a warm thank you to those trial participants who took the time out to go rafting. We had a wonderful time with you all. Be sure to check out your photos @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/wyldh2o/sets/. We hope to see you all again on the river 2012!

4th of July in Creswell

2008-07-11T07:59:00.001-07:00

Picture 867

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cal_mccormick

Someone captured our photo in the 2008 Creswell Independence Day Parade. That's our new custom Duck Boat. Many say we should get an Oregon State boat so that we could have civil wars on the river. What do you think?

Travel Channel Europe Shoot

2008-07-10T20:00:00.000-07:00

So much stuff going on. I have much to post to the blog but, I am short on time. I'll do my best to stay up with all the cool happenings but I couldn't let this little bit of news get away without mention.

A small Travel Channel Europe video production team came out from the UK upon Travel Oregon's request (

www.traveloregon.com

) to shoot various settings throughout Oregon for a 7 part series promoting Oregon as a vacation destination. On Thursday July 10th, 2008 that team met up with Wild Water Adventures to, but of course, shoot some whitewater rafting. What better river to do that on than the fun and relaxing McKenzie River. The Crew set up and we ran Martin's Rapid over and over again until they got their shot. See some stills of the production team that I took with my Canon Rebel camera @

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wyldh2o/sets/72157606175532611/

. I also shot some HD video too. That you will have to see over at

http://www.vimeo.com/wyldh2o

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You can read more about it at Travel Oregon's Blog @

http://blog.traveloregon.com/Industry/international/more_episodes_shot_for_travel.php

Wild Water Adventures 2008 Television Commercial

2008-06-27T19:21:00.000-07:00

This is one of two of our new, for summer 2008, 30 second television commercials to air on KMTR starting this week. KMTR is our local NBC affiliate channel 16, out of Springfield Oregon. We have this spot and another one that is very similar but with a 5 second CVALCO tag at the end. Hope you enjoy it. Let's Raft!

Wild Water Adventures 2008 Television Commercial from Paul Reynolds on Vimeo.

Wild Water Adventures Featured on Oregon Living TV

2008-06-26T11:27:00.000-07:00

Wild Water Adventures will be featured on the Oregon Living television show on FOX-KLSR on Saturday at 4:00 pm June 28th, 2008 and again on KEVU-TV on Sunday at 9:00 am June 29th, 2008. We will also have a short commercial ran during their show for the next five weekends. So check it out and support Oregon Living TV.

See video @ http://www.vimeo.com/1351278

Link to Oregon Living website:
http://www.oregonliving.tv

Wild Water Adventures in The Register Guard... Again!

2008-06-24T17:00:00.000-07:00

Wild Water Adventures was featured in a news article on Tuesday June 24th, 2008 in the Outdoors section of the Eugene news paper The Register Guard titled "Running Rapids" by Mike Stahlberg. The news paper version is better than the online version. In the paper version there is a photo I took of Ken, one of our guides, getting a bucket full of water dumped on his head by the youth group in his boat. This is the type of company we are. We are all about having a great time on the river. Also there is a directory of local outfitters in the paper and we of course were in that directory. The article makes mention of our $39 McKenzie Quickie and our Round Trip Transportation service to the river and back. Follow the link below to read this wonderful article.

http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/dt.cms.support.viewStory.cls?cid=116802&sid=40&fid=1

Our sincere thanks to Mike, Paul and The Register Guard.

Oregon Sports Network

2008-06-21T18:00:00.000-07:00

I couldn't resist. While picking up Kevin, Rowan, Mark, and Danny for their family fun Middle McKenzie river adventure I saw this Monaco RV in the Valley River Center Park and Ride location which is one of the locations Wild Water Adventures picks up clients to take them to the river and back for free. I pulled my trailer up to it so that the Wild Water Adventures spirited Duck Boat was next to the RV and took these photos with my new favorite waterproof Olympus Stylus 850 SW digital camera. The Monaco RV was covered in University of Oregon colors and said Oregon Sports Network on the side. I had fun with it.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wyldh2o/sets/72157605758543377/

Wild Water Adventures in Open for Business Magazine

2008-06-05T17:00:00.000-07:00

A wonderful business magazine published by the Eugene Chamber of Commerce called Open for Business featured Marnie and I and of course Wild Water Adventures. Pick up your copy at the Eugene Chamber and check out our article on page 9. I will update this blog as soon as the online version of the magazine becomes available. Until then, follow this link to the place the electronic version will post when available.

http://www.eugenechamber.com/chamber/publications.htm

Our sincere thanks to Anne and The Eugene Chamber of Commerce.

Wild Water Adventures in The Register Guard

2008-06-04T20:00:00.000-07:00

Wild Water Adventures was featured in a news article on Wednesday June 4th, 2008 in the business section of the Eugene news paper The Register Guard titled "Book a hotel, get a gas gift card" by Sherri Buri McDonald. We are in the last 5 paragraphs of the article.

http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/dt.cms.support.viewStory.cls?cid=107410&sid=2&fid=1

Our sincere thanks to Sherri and The Register Guard.

Another successful run down the McKenzie River!

2008-06-04T19:00:00.000-07:00

Pick up drop off service in effect. Wild Water picked up these wonderful folks from the Courtyard by Marriott in Springfield Oregon; took them rafting on a Half Day McKenzie; braved the weather and had a wonderful time rafting at 8,380 CFS river flows. Wild Water then returned our new river friends back to the Courtyard by Marriott just in time for Pizza and Hockey. Cheers and thanks to Brian, Harold, Katie, Brad, Maggie, Mike, Brett, and of course a special thanks goes to Chris who found himself in the river not once, not twice, but three times. You made my day very special Chris. Thank you...

View, print, blog, download and share this photo over at

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wyldh2o/

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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license

http://

creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0

CVALCO Tourism Forum

2008-06-03T08:09:00.000-07:00

Its 8:01 in the morning and Marnie and I are at a tourism forum with
CVALCO at the Eugene Hilton. The presentations are on tradtional
media merging with new media. I love the possiblities of new media
being in the video production business (my day job). I have been a
student of new media for five years. I hope to blend new media
methods with traditional means for Wild Water. Your input is welcomed.

OtterBox for the iPhone

2008-06-02T14:48:00.000-07:00

Greetings River Friends,

I just got my OtterBox water proof case. Its really much cooler than
I thought it would be. Its on my iPhone now. I need to try it out on
the river though. I'll report my findings soon and I'll post more
photos too. Make it a great day!

Round Trip Transportation web page gets updated

2008-05-23T19:06:00.000-07:00

Hey again, again river friends,
I just updated the information on the Kids Raft FREE! web page. You can follow this link to view it yourself. http://www.wyldh2o.com/transportation.html

Kids Raft FREE web page gets updated

2008-05-23T19:04:00.000-07:00

Hey again river friends,
I just updated the information on the Kids Raft FREE! web page. You can follow this link to view it yourself. http://www.wyldh2o.com/kids_raft_free.html

McKenzie Quickie web page gets updated

2008-05-23T18:57:00.000-07:00

Hey river friends,
I just updated the information on the McKenzie Quickie special river tour offer. You can follow this link to view it yourself. http://www.wyldh2o.com/mckenzie_quickie.html

Super Puma and Aire IK's on the way

2008-05-23T15:25:00.000-07:00

As of 5 minutes ago I just got off the phone with Aire and paid for my order that will be shipped this coming Tuesday. That's right here comes the four fat IK's and our new Super Puma!

McKenzie River at 12,000 CFS

2008-05-21T10:46:00.000-07:00

Some friends, some guides, and I hit the McKenzie river Saturday May 17th 2008 for a little bit of fun. The weather was beautiful. Blue skies, clean air and temperatures reaching into the low 90's. We didn't have any commercial trips that day which was a same but there was no way I was going to miss out on such a beautiful day in May on the McKenzie. Now, I figured the river would be high because of all the snow we had this past winter. If you haven't heard, we got over 200 inches of base. With the warm weather I had imagined swollen rivers. Well, come Saturday morning I got up and got ready and checked my river flow widget to learn that the McKenzie was measuring at 11,700 CFS. I immediately thought "no way". I expected something around 6,000 CFS. So, I assumed there was a mistake somewhere, that maybe the gage was broken or calibration was off, or data server glitch.

I met up with the guys and two gals and we headed out. Then it hit me... We were on the 126 heading East and were crossing the Hendricks Bridge. I looked to the East up the river and knew right then the gage was dead on. Needless to say everyone became excited. However we did have a little problem. Non of us have rafted the McKenzie at such flows. I debated in my mind whether to proceed or call it a day but, the curiosity over ruled my hesitations. Normally I would pass on such flows but I knew my crew and I knew we had the ability to take on whatever hazard may be present. So we went for it. It was a risk I and everyone was willing to take.

We arrived at Finn Rock boat launch. It was all under water. Looking out over the river we noticed the speed in which the flow was running. I estimated its speed was around ten miles per hour. It was fast and this kind of speed can be hazardous. Your decision time collapses. You have to be ready to move and be able to read the river much further ahead. Because the river was moving so fast we decided to begin our trip up river at Forest Glen boat landing near the community of Blue River.

we arrived at Forest Glen, geared up went over safety and got on the river. Pattie, one of Wild Water Adventures guides took her 13 foot hyside down with some friends and another Wild Water guide. A mix of Friends and Wild Water guides joined me in Wild Waters Adventures new Oregon Ducks boat. It's a 14 foot Green and Yellow Maravia raft. This was her maiden voyage and she did extremely well.

I was amazed at the difference. I recognized nothing. Rocks that arose out of the river some five feet were gone, totally submerged. To our surprise the river was so high that every significant rock I could think of was completely covered. I expected potentially large holes but all we encountered were large standing waves. Brown's Hole and Marten Rapids were washed out. Nothing there. However at the entrance of marten's was a very large tree that has shifted and could cause problems for normal rapid entrance at normal summer flows. We'll have to wait and see. We ran Marten's on the far river left and encountered nothing but small 2 and 3 foot standing waves.

Another point of interest was jumping rock just after Brown's holes perhaps a half mile. At normal summer flows at around 2,000 CFS the rock stands 9 to 10 feet above the river surface. On May 17th it only rose about 3 feet above the river surface. Aside from avoiding river debris such as small trees and logs we had no complications. However keep in mind that we were a group of experienced rafters calculating the risks at every moment and using the collective skill and knowledge of all the participants in our craft. I can't stress enough the inherent dangers of rafting swollen rivers. If you do not have the skill nor the experience than please stay off such rivers. Participating in a guide school, working with an outfitter, and even going on commercial river trips can start you on your journey to understanding the beauty and even deadly force of the river. Flowing water should always have your respect.

Our river trip was uneventful, which is a good thing. What I haven't mention is that all day long we were hitting 4, 6, and even 8 foot standing waves. It was seriously like a roller coaster. We hit wave after wave. We nearly rolled the raft several times. the hydraulics were very powerful. But man, was it a blast! Of corse we weren't the only ones out there. The talk of the day was Clove Point Rapid. There were a series of 6 to 8 foot standing waves. This is a very popular play spot for kayakers. There is a large eddie that is easy to catch and brings you right up into a surf hole. I found this video on YouTube that kind of shows what it was like. And speaking of video. There were a bunch of Kayakers in the eddie and on the rocks at Clover Point Rapid that day. One of the guys had a video camera. As we hit the standing waves we nearly flipped. We got out of it without flipping but as I looked up I noticed a guy video taping us. If you are reading this, could you please post that video of us on YouTube or Vimeo? I would love to see it! Thanks.

So what normally, at normal summer flows, takes us four and a half hours to run took us only an hour and forty five minutes. Yes... Did I mention the river was running very fast. When I got home I confirmed the gage and the river had peeked at 12,000 CFS that day. Pattie and her friends rand the Santiam river from Pack Saddle to Mill city the next day at a flow of 15,000 CFS. She survived and she said it was a blast but I'll leave it up to her to tell that story.

Keep rafting and stay alive!

I'm having a moment - thoughts of the McKenzie River

2008-05-20T10:00:00.000-07:00

How splendid the McKenzie river is. The McKenzie river offers clean clear water and clean clear air in which the natural aromas of the flora stimulate your senses. Evergreen trees sweeten the smell of the sun baked firmament on a dry hot summer day. Oregon sun is enriching and life giving and to feel it on your skin is rejuvenating. The spectacular Cascade Range overlook the valley; the summits petitioning to the sky. The sound of warm canyon breezes dance in your ears. Rhythmic crashing of the rolling McKenzie lulls a person to helpless relaxation. White water rafting never felt so good.

The Register-Guard Eugene 08 Tourism Press Release

2008-05-16T12:00:00.000-07:00

When tourists come calling: Towns plan off-track attractions

BY SHERRI BURI MCDONALD

The Register-Guard

Published: May 16, 2008 12:00AM

"Oregon communities, from Portland to Coos Bay, are preparing to lay out the welcome mat for the thousands of visitors making their way to Eugene next month for the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials.

Eugene is the epicenter of the 10-day event, from June 27 to July 6, but other communities are hoping for an economic boost."

Read Full Article @

http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/dt.cms.support.viewStory.cls?cid=101175&sid=1&fid=1

April 15th - Tax Day

2008-04-14T19:21:00.000-07:00

In celebration of Tax Day I think eveyone of you stressed out CPA's
should treat yourselfs to a wild but relaxing river adventure with
Wild Water Adventures. No really, you owe it to yourselfs. Call now
for special tax coupon. Offer good until April 15th @ 5:00pm.

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