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: Trip Reviews

On our Yampa trip we felt safe, had lots of fun & were well cared for by our guides

The River Bags were good, a little rushed on the switch over from biking to rafting so did not get everything into the raft bags, but it all worked out. The guides were very nice to let my daughter use their sleeping pad. The guides are quite good. I enjoyed biking with Josh. I wish … Read more

This Cataract Canyon trip was the highlight of our vacation in the US.

Your office staff was very helpful with all our questions by mail and by phone. We appreciated being able to handle payments over the phone, since we are based in France. The tents were very easy to mount, and the sleeping bags were fine. We were extremely happy with our two guides, Brin and Brian. … Read more

Our Guides were incredible, they created a fun and safe experience that we will all remember forever

Russ, Molly, and Mike are each incredible people — they created a really fun and safe experience that we will all remember forever. My husband and I arrived pretty tired from our working lives…we left feel relaxed and regenerated. My whole family has talked often of this trip — we absolutely loved our time on … Read more

Our Salmon River trip was tremendous fun – the perfect balance of relaxation and excitement

To the folks at Holiday River Expeditions, Thanks for the great help from everyone, and when there was a slight change in plans, I felt totally taken care of! Loved the rental gear, that was the biggest tent I’ve ever slept in – bigger than my bedroom in NYC (not kidding) Our guides Molly and … Read more

One of the top 2 vacations we’ve ever taken!

Making it easy for us, your office staff at the Holiday River Expeditions headquarters helped us pick a perfect trip for kids who are 8 and 10. The Green River through Lodore Canyon. There were two other families with kids on our trip, which was great.  We were glad we used your rental gear, the … 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

The kind of outdoor adventure our family lives for

To Jess, T-Burd, Wade and all at Holiday River Expeditions, Thank you for sharing with us an amazing experience our family will cherish always. Our trip was filled with great adventure, incredible natural beauty and really really good people. Smart, passionate, funny not to mention talented in the culinary arena—you guys were awesome. Our run … Read more

Thanks to Holiday from the Zitzman Family

We cannot thank Holiday and its guides enough for a wonderful family rafting trip down the Green River earlier this month. Our guides, Rick and Noel (and trainees Kristin and Shaina), were prepared, extremely capable and energetic, and FUN.

Moab-Westwater Combination trip, thoughts from Glenn Poole & friends

I feel I have to drop a quick line to express our thanks to Holiday River Expeditions for the wonderful work your people did to make our trip truly exceptional. It is rare these days that things exceed expectations but your crew really knocked it out of the park and we had a fantastic time. … Read more

A memorable experience! From the Katz Family

We just got back from a six day Holiday Green River trip and will be “glowing” with the joy of the experience for a very long time to come.  There were 11 of us and it was a very special occasion – celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary with our children and grandchildren.  The experience had … Read more