White Water Warehouse's Renee

Renee has worked for White Water Warehouse for 7 years!! She gets to visit with clients on the phone and share her excitement for Rogue River Rafting trips. Renee also shops, packs and prepares for the whitewater rafting trips throughout the summer. She has the opportunity to chat with clients all over the world and bring them to the great state of Oregon. When you call the office you will be either talking to Joy, the owner, or Renee. They both love to talk about our stellar trips on the Rogue.

You can see Renee peaking out behind this giant sunflower on the owner's Oregon farm. Give Renee a jingle @ 1800-214-0579 and she will make sure your have a wonderful trip on the Rogue.

Rogue River Outfitter Features Farm Fresh Food

Our Rogue River rafting trips feature some of the best Oregon produce available. From heirloom tomatoes, to plump blueberries, to juicy cherries, and crunchy cucumbers....and more as the summer season goes on.

Our guests constantly tell us what sets our rafting, kayaking and hiking trips apart is the yummy food and farm fresh produce/fruits that we serve to them. No big box store items from us!

We still have some excellent space available on a few of our August rafting and kayaking trips so don't hesitate to call our friendly office staff at: 1-800-214-0579

The Young McDonalds: Rogue River Guests for a Lifetime

Mari & Brian McDonald are the cutest couple EVER. They are newly weds (first year anniversary is in September). Mari produces a folksy blog and in it she featured her rafting and kayaking trip with White Water Warehouse.

Mari wrote to us after her trip..."This was such an amazing opportunity for Brian and me. You have customers for life and I am sure you will see us again very soon, with different members of our respective families--and whenever someone asks us if we have any suggestions for rafting the Rogue River, we will be sure to let them know that White Water Warehouse is the way to go!"
We thought you would like to view Mari's blog. It is a fun read....go to: The Young McDonalds: Simply Speechless.

The Rogue River Ranch

In this video, White Water Warehouse owner, Bob Meister narrates a video scan of Oregon's Rogue River Ranch's gardens. These gardens are planted, tended and harvested by seasonal caretakers. This video was shot on a beautiful spring day and Bob was leading a group of hikers through the Rogue River canyon (a 4-day hike from start to finish). Hikers make it to the Ranch on the latter part of the 2nd day of the hiking trip. Besides the beautiful gardens, the Ranch offers visitors a historic view into what life might have been like for the early Rogue River settlers.

Whatever You Call It, Inflatable Kayaking is Fun!

Whether you call it an inflatable ducky or a rubber ducky or a Tahiti or just plain inflatable kayak, the words all point to the same thing--action packed fun! Over the last 26 years, White Water Warehouse has built a solid reputation on offering guests the use of our quality AIRE inflatable kayaks (or IKs, as we call them...) AIRE kayaks offer Rogue River paddlers the best of all worlds--quality kayaking with comfort and easy tracking on the water!

Check out these kayaking photos of happy White Water Warehouse guests live'in it up on their wild & scenic Rogue River rafting and kayaking trips.
All photos copyrighted by White Water Warehouse.

Oregon Vortex

The dictionary defines a vortex as a "whirlpool." But those that believe in land-locked vortexes, define them as "concentrated energy rising from the earth." And they believe that this concentrated energy is often felt by palpable sensations across the nape of the neck and the shoulder blades.

Probably the most famous land-locked vortex is known as The Oregon Vortex. The Cooper family, who have owned the southern Oregon Gold Hill property for 45 years say it is all quite simple: magnetic fields, half above the ground and half below it, create a vortex, a whirlpool of force that sucks everything around it towards its center.

Our Rogue River rafting guests often take this quick drive off Interstate-5 to "trip out" on this naturally occurring phenomenon. Step inside the creaky 1904 mining office and you can feel your body listing towards the magnetic field. Grab a broom, whisk side up, handle touching the ground, and let go: incredibly the broom stands there on its own! Don't believe it?!?...well, darn it, just get in touch with your inner child!!!

In the early 1900s, lore has it that Native Americans wouldn't go near the Oregon Vortex property...because their horses always spooked! A man named John Litster, a physicist who opened the Vortex to the public in 1930, provides even more mystery...after conducting experiments on the odd phenomena he observed here, Litster, in notes, which he later burned is said to have written, "The world isn't ready for what goes on here."

You can visit the Oregon Vortex website by clicking here. For questions, phone 541-855-1543. Directions to the site can be found on the website.

Zane Grey's Rogue River Feud

Famous western author, Zane Grey, shoots the Rogue River rapids at Lower Black Bar during a 1925 fishing excursion. He later memorialized the Oregon wilderness in his novel, Rogue River Feud. [photo courtesy Bureau of Land Mgmt.]

Portland Monthly Magazine just released a interesting slide show of historic Rogue River photos...many of them featuring the legendary author Zane Grey. You can check out more of these fascinating historic photos by clicking on this link.

Buncom: Oregon's Oldest Ghost Town

Never heard of the tiny southern Oregon ghost town of Buncom? Well, neither had we until we read about Reeve and Lyn Hennion's efforts to preserve the ghost town for future generations. Their tireless preservation and promotional efforts on behalf of Buncom and its history led to the husband/wife duo receiving a 2009 Oregon Heritage Excellence Award.

Ah...and who doesn't love good ghost town lore? We knew many of our Whitewater Warehouse guests and blog readers would be interested too. When gold was discovered in nearby Sterling Creek in 1854, people swarmed to the area. As history goes, some of these miners made fortunes, many did not. Like many small towns in this era, Buncom soon "reinvented" itself by becoming a supply and distribution center for local ranchers and farmers in southern Oregon's Applegate Valley. According to Hennion, "That lasted for a couple decades until the automobile became the primary form of transportation. After that, the post office continued until the 1930's as an early day mini-mart." Today, there are only three buildings remaining in the ghost town of Buncom.

Reeve and Lyn believe that the preservation of this ghost town is vital. "Buncom and its people were typical of many settlers in the west. Their story is important in telling about the lives of people who weren't heroes, just ordinary folks." They also believe that their efforts to promote the ghost town were the first ever on the internet....Buncom's website was first published in 1995!

The Buncom grounds are open all hours, although daylight hours are best for viewing. The website provides a directional map for your convenience. Visitors do not need to contact the Hennion's before traveling to the ghost town but if you have questions, they welcome phone calls at 541-899-7656 or you can email Reeve at: rhennion@buncom.org.

Wildflowers of the Rogue River

White Water Warehouse guest, hiker, and photographer extraordinaire, Bev Martin, took these incredible photos of some of southern Oregon's Rogue River wildflowers in mid-June of this year.