River Currents Blog

River Currents is a blog open to many voices that have had a connection with the river and our trips. You’ll hear the voice of veteran river-runner and Holiday founder Dee Holladay, the voice of guides whose lives have been shaped by their time on the river, and guests who bring the perspectives that remind us why we’re still making these trips happen 45 plus years later. You’ll also hear the voice of and stories through our regular blog contributors, Peta Owens-Liston and Julie Trevelyan.

Category Archives: Poems

“ODE TO STEVE” written by Gerri Findley on the Lower Salmon River Trip – July

“ODE TO STEVE” written by Gerri Findley on the Lower Salmon River It was summer nineteen eighty-six And we needed a vacation fix. So we headed off to Idaho, For a Salmon River rafting go. We met or guide the day before. Did not know then we’d truly scored. But he held on to a … Read more

River trip inspired Poetry, by Brett Hoffmann

If I had drifted along the towering canyon walls that echoed sounds for miles… and had I flown through the spray from swift rapids that carved an array of rock forms tangled with the earths plates, that shoot into the clear blue sky… for the Moose, Deer, Big Horn sheep and all wildlife to thrive… The … Read more