D-Day! Celebrating the Greatest Generation
Welcome to June 6th. The international events in Normandy, France, are honoring and celebrating D-Day which occurred 80 years ago today. On this day the Allies mounted the largest military operation of its kind in human history and arguably made it the most significant day in modern times. It was the Greatest Generation’s finest hour […]
The Legend of Cassidy Bell and the Grinding Stones
MaLode first encountered Cassidy Bell back in the 20th Century, before many of our younger boaters were born, and long before the internet, cellphones or personal computers. Imagine a time in which attention spans averaged over 20 minutes, as opposed to today’s average of 23 seconds. Yes indeed, it was a different time. Yet it […]
Reflections on COVID
Recently President Joe Biden spoke movingly about the 500,000 people that have been lost to the COVID-19 virus pandemic. He challenged us to reflect upon and mourn those lost to us. This is such a painful process I was reluctant to do it at first. Then finally, I decided to let myself remember just […]
Thank You MaLode Letter Writing Heroes!
The 2018 rafting season marked three important victories for Mother Lode’s river conservation effort. First, if you wrote one of the 2400 letters in support of the Mokelumne River, congratulations and thank you! The Mokelumne was given permanent protection under the California Wild and Scenic Rivers Act in June of 2018. This successfully concluding a […]
MaLode Urges Eco-Approach to Health
The Mother Lode River Center was officially formed in January 2000 with the addition of the Outdoor Education Program and Challenge Ropes Course. This article is reposted each season as a reminder of our ongoing commitment to its founding principles. Some of the statistics in this article have changed over the last 24 years. However […]
Conservation of Beauty
My wife and I are in Kauai enjoying Christmas with our family. It is great to be here and to be together revisiting one of our favorite places on the planet. A lot has changed in the 30 years we’ve been coming here and yet the attraction of the Garden Isle is still strong for […]
