How to Become a River Guide
March 24, 2021
How to Become a River Guide By: Justin Malloy When you close your eyes and imagine your dream job, what…
Categories for About the Guides and Profiles
Wilderness Medical Trainings Offered at Holiday
February 8, 2021
By: Easton Smith Prime Ankle Rolling Territory In our group of friends we like to make fun of our favorite…
Herm Hoops : The Life of a Legend
November 27, 2020
By: Lauren Wood “I’m not one of them, all the greats are gone” Herm would say to me; trying his…
Profiles: Tim “TP” Porten, Holiday Driver & Man of the River
November 16, 2020
By Susan Munroe It’s a scorching afternoon in Holiday’s Green River boat yard. The sun is a drum, beating against…
Spotlight on Tim Gaylord, Director of Operations at Holiday River Expeditions
October 31, 2020
“Hello, this is Tim.” “Yeah, hi, Tim, this is Susan – ” “Wellll, not really. But leave a message…
Profiles Rafting Guide Lauren Wood
April 9, 2020
By Susan Munroe Profiles Rafting Guide Lauren Wood. A small group of children and adults stepped reverently through the rotted…
The Conspicuous Induction of Herm Hoops
October 4, 2019
This past weekend river legend and dear Holiday River Expeditions friend Herm Hoops was inducted into the John Wesley Powell…
Love on the River
February 13, 2019
River Romance Rowing a boat down a river that cuts through magnificent layers of ancient red rock, sleeping under some…
Warehouse Work & the Unsung Heroes at Holiday
July 10, 2018
Most of us have come across an image on Instagram or Facebook that shows some friend of ours living the…
Guide Tales: Kim Crumbo, a Humble Legend
November 3, 2017
“I was on the Mekong River in March and had a job with Dee on the Colorado by May!” That’s…
Until Next Spring: End of Season Clean Up
October 20, 2017
Nothing symbolizes the end of an era like cleaning, organizing, and stocking away the tools of a trade. The cowgirl…
Of Tasmanian Devils and Women
March 8, 2016
Happy International Women’s Day! Of Tasmanian Devils and Women. I celebrated by having a conversation with a Holiday River Expeditions…
Profiles Company Founder, Dee Holladay
June 22, 2015
By Susan Munroe If someday a historian were to sum up the collected wisdom of our Company Founder Dee Holladay…