Whitewater Halloween

Halloween 3.0 River Warrior Family "Style." You cannot make this stuff up but have to go out and GET IT! The weather in Roseburg, Oregon was cloudy, wet and chilly. My iPhone app told me that Gold Hill was 72 degrees and sunny. Gold Valley Fellowship had a Trunk or Treat Harvest Party from 5pm-7ish pm. We went to the 0930 Redeemer's Fellowship Service and I asked one of the elders for prayer for our whitewater run on the Rogue later this day. Little did I know what was in store or our family.

The weather was absolutely perfect and autumn in full effect. Ashten (Battle Gorilla) at the stout age of 8 paddled through both Nugget and Powerhouse Rapids like a champ...being the youngest I know of to R4 this section of world-class river. We styled Powerhouse and drove around with the raft inflated on the truck, as we left for the Harvest Party.

I really wanted to Halloween Photo BOMB Sawyer Paddles and Oars. As we were deflating our raft at the Sawyer Station, Pete Newport walks up to us in the dark of night and asks me what length paddle am I using.

This leads to a walk to Sawyer's Corporate HQ and the River Warrior Family being gifted two (2) River Serpent Raft Race Paddles that were used in the World Championships in Japan earlier this month (3-9 OCT 2017). We are still on the high that Rogue River provides and the incredible gift to our River Warrior Family.

The flow is real and we cannot thank the following enough: Nichole Rufi for being humble and crushing these rapids with our family,
Sawyer Paddles and Oars, Forward Paddle Raft Company, Oregon Paddle Sports, Dirtbag Paddlers and Source One Serenity