Paddle Oar Die Rafting: 2008

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

'Tis the Season

Just to let everyone it is about that time of year to start filling out applications for river trips for next Spring/Summer. I plan on filling out one for the rivers in Idaho.

go to www.rivergeek.com there's information about launch permits there. -Logan

Friday, August 15, 2008

Sexy Cash

Here's another great video by Paddle Oar Die Productions.

Jessie's Jungle

Since no one looks at my rafting blog I thought I would put on a movie that I made to get some buzz going about how cool my blog is.

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Smith River, Montana

Here are some pictures of the latest river trip that Josh set up in Montana.

I'm told that everyone had a great time. I thought I would post some pictures so you all could see just how great and wonderful it is up there.

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Desolation 2008

Here are some sweet pictures of our latest trip so you all can see what you missed out on.

Here is a sweet video for you all to see as well, (The screaming is Sydney she was the camera girl).

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Final Shirts

These are the final graphics for the T-shirts.

This will be small and go on the front of the shirt, where the pocket would be.

This one will be on the big in the middle of the back of the shirt.

Thanks Shellie for doing all the graphical artwork.

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

T-shirts

Here ars Some Ideas I have for T-Shirts I could use any input anybody has so let me know what you think.

Some of the colors got changed in the conversion process like the oar is supposed to be yellow instead of blue and the die is supposed to be red in stead of blue.

Saturday, May 31, 2008

Paddle Oar Die, oh yeah!
Over Memeorial Day Weekend we painted the rafts sky blue with Gaco-Flex raft paint. This paint adds rubber to your raft to improve the life and over all dexterity of the rafts.

This weekend I painted the sweet Paddle Oar Die logo on the side so now we will be floating in style.

Some day I want to get T-Shirts made that have paddle oar die on them. I have a cool idea to use a skull and cross bones design but with an oar and a paddle as the cross bones. If any body can help me with this let me know I'm not that good with photo shop.

Friday, April 25, 2008

Great Idea!

I have this great idea for the Grand Canyon Trip. A lot of you out there think it's going to be to cold. I myself have worried a little bit about it being cold but only about being able to wash myself and not frezzing to death. Some of you might know that Lucas and Shellie had a little camp water heater to help heat you water and take a shower with. Needless to say it wasn't the best but it was better than nothing. Well I have been looking on line for something better. I wanted to get a better pump becase that was one of the things that was wrong with it now pressure and low flow.

I found a hand water pump (guzzler 400H)

that will pump water at a rate of up tp 8 gallons per minute. it will hook up to a garden hose. I think it will work so we can pump the water right out of the river.

Then I found a portable water heater the (eccotemp L5)

that has 35,000 btu capasity. it said it will raise that water temp from 40 to 85 at a rate of 1.4 gpm. I think if we got these to things we could have some good showers on the river trips even if the water is cold. Now wouldn't that be great, Ladies? - Logan.

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Last Call!!

Hi everybody.

This is the last call to get your spot on the Desolation Canyon Trip. I'm going to call in with the total over spring break that's the 17th of March.

Here's the list I have of who is going and paid for the trip.

Ron, Lucas, Logan, and Sydney Blake. Klint York. Cash, Flint, and Jesse Williams. Mark of Steve Reagan. Pam Christensen.

Let me know if you still want to go we have room.

The trip will be from June 12th through the 18th.

Thanks. - Logan

Monday, January 14, 2008

Glorious Day

Hey everyone after calling in for a week straight, I finally hit triple 7s on the phone as Dad would say. I got a launch date on Friday the 13th of June. I know some of you out there might be superstitious, but I’m only a littlestitious. Also they didn’t make me pay for the amount on people going yet, so there’s still time to give me some money for a spot on the trip. Currently there are 9 people signed up to go we can take up to 16, so if anyone wants to go let me know- Logan

Tuesday, January 8, 2008

I Didn't get it

I tried to call in this morning for a June 8th launch but I didn't get one I will try harder tomorrow morning for a June 9th launch. Sorry. If I don't get a launch I'll give everyones money back. - Logan

The Picture not Taken

“Oh! Oh! There he goes!” Laughs Ryan, as he sees his beloved business partner Nathan flop out of his big red kayak. "Heheheee” The sound of Ryan’s laughter echoed off the canyon walls as we all watched Nathan as he floated down through the first and biggest rapid on our day trip through Split Mountain on the Green River.

As family and friends, we went on a rafting trip in dinosaur national monument near Vernal Utah as well a Westwater, Near Grand Junction Colorado. The trip, as always, was full of fun and stories, which can be shared over and over again.

“It’s all in the hips,” Nathan’s buddy, Aaron said, after Nathan got his composure. “The water’s a little chilly but it’s not too bad,” boasted Nathan. Then once again Ryan’s laughter would ring through the canyon as we could see Nathan’s little black helmet bob up and down through another rapid.

Luckily through Split Mountain nothing got hurt, not even Nathan’s ego. After we all enjoyed our 9 mile float down the green river and load the gear back onto the trucks it was wondered what we were going to do for the rest of that beautiful Saturday. Nathan, who grew up in Vernal, told us about a place up on the Blue Mountain that had a really gorgeous look out and we could drive up there it was only 45 minutes away. We all agreed and head out on what turned out to be an hour and half long drive down a dirt road. The drive might have seemed longer, but the entertainment of hearing Anisa curse Nathan made the drive fly by.

“He said it was only going to take 45 minutes! It has been over an hour and I’m getting hungry!”

she would screech as she shook her fist at the truck in front of us.

Nathan my not have been right about the travel time, but he was right about how incredible the view was. Anisa’s rage did become slightly subdued when Aaron gave her and apple, and we all drove to Lake Stienaker to Camp for the night.

The next day we had a lovely tour of beautiful Vernal Utah as Nathan ran us all over the countryside to see what wonders Vernal had to offer. It turned out to be some Petroglyphs and his parent’s shower, for Ansia. Finally after Lucas refused to eat a sandwich with out tomatoes we headed down a long windy highway through some mountains of Colorado to get to the spot of out next launch in Westwater.

The Highlights or our camp at the launch point for west water was the arrival of the Laidlaw family and the intense thunder storm that blew through our camp. Tents nearly went into the water and they would have if we hadn’t been holding on to them. Once the storm died down it was calm and we enjoyed a nice Dutch oven cobbler.

The next morning we launched onto the mighty Colorado River with the water flow at the “Terrible Teen” rate of 14,000 cubic feet per second. Little did we know, what was in store for us later that day. It all started with a nice float down some fast moving flat water, then all of the sudden Josh yells, “We got Rapids!” We hit the Little Dolores, Marble Canyon, and Big Hummer rapid. Then, it was Funnel Falls. After the first two rafts went through we looked back to see black bottom side of the third raft floating down the river. With more and bigger rapids in front off us we tried to pull over and save the upside down boat, but there was no place to pull over. “Quit Laughing Ryan!” shouted a frantic Logan, “It’s Not Funny! We got more Rapids!” “Skull! The next one’s skull!” Aaron shouted from his kayak.
Just moments after Aaron shouted we witnessed another raft flip over in the midst of Skull rapid. While the final raft navigated safely through Skull Rapid we noticed Matt spinning circles in the “Room of Doom.” We pulled to the side and climbed around the cliff to pick up the stranded Matt, while the other two upside down rafts floated through the remainder of the rapids. After the river calmed down and the rafts were turned up right it was a nice leisurely float in the peaceful red rock canyon to the Cisco landing, with gentle giggle of Ryan still bouncing off the canyon walls.

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