Motherlode/Scott Free Celebrates its 45th!
Greetings and Happy Summer from Mother Lode River Center! As the temperatures rise here in Lotus, the river is flowing happily by our property, rafters are laughing out on the water, and challenge course participants are swinging in the canopy. The 2019 season is well underway, and we would love for you to join us […]
California Snowpack
Have you been noticing all of the rain and snow we have been getting this winter? Every time the skies open and precipitation begins to fall the rafting community and other whitewater enthusiasts get excited. On February 28th, 2019 the California Department of Water Resources did its third snow pack study for the season, and […]
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 […]
Tell Me Sweet Little Lies…..
Emily Underwood is now an editor for the American Academy of Science’s Annual Reviews Knowable magazine in addition to being a Mom, kayaker, river guide and avid river lover. Here are her thoughts from 2016 while at the High Country News about bottled water which—- ‘has never made sense. The fact is it has always […]
Golden River History
A rafting trip down the American River is a trip through history. Amazing events have occurred in the El Dorado foothills that have influenced the course of history. The geology starts the story. Millions of years ago, in the Triassic period (251-199 million years ago) the Pacific Plate was beginning to be shoved underneath the […]
Virtual Environmental Education and Teambuilding
Surfing the Internet I discovered something new the other evening: “virtual environmental education and team building”. Apparently you can catch some pretty wild rides and achieve some serious bonding without leaving your couch! Unfortunately, my old surfing buddy never got to see it, the Internet that is. He had to settle for the real thing. […]
