Galice, OR

WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE OUR RAFTING TRIPS DOWN THE ROGUE RIVER AN ANNUAL EVENT!

For quite a few summers now we have gathered together with family and friends and rented a couple rafts from Ferron's Fun Trips. Ferron offers an aray of rafts and my favorite is the paddle raft with the frame where just one person paddles! (MY HUSBAND!) I have been there and done that thing where you put 10 people in a raft and you all paddle. That's not too bad, but one time we went and it was just me, my dad, and my husband in the raft and it was truly the trip through Hellgate Canyon! All I can remember is my husband yelling..."paddle harder!"

This was much more fun!! I felt like the Queen of the Rogue!

We always let in at Hog Creek and float down through Hellgate Canyon.....stop in Galice and have an awesome lunch at the Galice Resort and then on down to the Graves Creek Bridge. That is the last spot on the River before you have to have permits to raft any farther. Maybe they named Graves Creek because a lot of people died on the river along this stretch?

If you decide to take on this wonderful adventure the main thing to remember is to:

ALWAYS WEAR A LIFE JACKET!!