Monthly Archives: September 2011

Whitewater Connection rafting trips are made amazing by several factors.  Most important, our guests- they are pretty awesome.  Then there are the rivers, the rapids, the mountains, the hot sunny days, and the whitewater.  The food- yum!  And then we … Continue reading →

Whitewater rafting in California, like many other places in the Northern Hemisphere, is dependent on winters to exist.  It’s simple: rain and melting snow fill the reservoirs that hold the water for some of the rivers we raft.  Winters is … Continue reading →

Ladies & Gentlemen…The Middle Fork! (video) Once you’ve been rafting for your first time you feel a buzz at the end of the day that will make you want to try something more challenging, more exciting, more…. awesome. Enter the Middle … Continue reading →

At the end of a Broadway run, actors experience a sensation that is surprising to them.  A sense of loss sweeps over them; it’s a mourning of sorts.  They mourn the end of an experience shared with others, an experience … Continue reading →

We love what we do.  Who wouldn’t?  We go rafting with people that are here to have fun; they are smiling, happy and keen to get on the river.  We don’t have to persuade people that it’s fun and that … Continue reading →

Like any pop-band, superstar or celebrity owe fame and fortune to their fans, Whitewater Connection owes its success to all the guests that come rafting with us.  Over the course of the summer (and the previous 27 years we’ve been … Continue reading →

Our camp.  Without a doubt, Whitewater Connection’s campground is the best you’ll see in the Coloma Valley.  Its 40 acres spread along the river just downstream of the Gold Discovery Park.  Shaded by ancient black oaks, and lush as the … Continue reading →