We're excited to have finished our first ever Oregon Rogue River "Raft & Craft" lodge-to-lodge trip. Our new bestest buddy, Ginger Johnson of WomenEnjoyingBeer fame, was the featured craft beer specialist each evening. She shared information about the Oregon craft beers that folks tasted and offered unique food pairings

The World of Wine (WOW) Festival, the Rogue Valley’s premier wine showcase, is scheduled for Saturday, August 28, 5:00-9:00 p.m., at Del Rio Vineyards, 52 N. River Rd. in Gold Hill. Some 40 wineries will participate. More than 750 people will attend the grand public tasting, which accompanies a professionally judged

Artik Creamery in southern Oregon produces dreamy ice cream. Local-sourced ingredients just push this special taste treat over the edge! According to the folks at Artik, this is how they lovingly prepare their top-rate yummy, creamy ice cream...  Making the best ice cream takes the best ingredients"We start with the highes

Enjoy this short video of folks rafting and tubing through the famous Mary's Pot Hole on Oregon's Rogue River! A hoot! About the Author: Joy Henkle owns and operates White Water Warehouse (WWW) with her husband, Bob Meister. Ever-interested in making their Oregon Rogue River rafting, kayaking, and hiking trips part of a ver

The Rogue River is a unique wild and scenic river. Why unique? For many reasons but the topic of this blog is the historic lodges that rest near the Rogue River's edge. Where else in the world can you float a fully protected river and experience lodge accommodations each night? These lodges are filled history and lore but a

Do you love fresh baked chocolate chip cookies? Well, we know our guests love 'em. That's why we've been baking up a storm for our Oregon Rogue River rafting and kayaking trips this year. We make sure that only the best, freshest ingredients go into these yummy delights. And cookies aren't our only specialty. You'll be ser

In 2005, pears were named Oregon's state fruit. And with good reason.  Pears are Oregon's number one tree fruit crop because this fruit offers world-wide snackers a sweet, juicy, softer-side alternative to its cousin the apple. Since early pioneers brought the first pear plantings to the southern Oregon region in the 1800

Ninkasi Radiant Summer Ale – Voted Best Summer BeerThis blog is a reprint from www.thefullpint.com: As the temperature rises and the days get longer, we tend to stash our barley wine and imperial stouts, in favor of pale lagers, saisons, wheat ales and what some breweries call Summer Ale or Summer Beer. With this in m

Why is it that the June 2010 Whitewater Warehouse gourmet wine, food and rafting trip sold out in less than two months? The company had offered these gourmet Rogue River rafting trips several times over the last decade but none had ever sold out this quickly. The trip was so popular, Whitewater Warehouse had to open up a se

Photos of Rogue River fun! See folks on some of Whitewater Warehouse's late May/early June 2010 Rogue River rafting, kayaking, and hiking trips enjoying their adventure vacations on Oregon's spectacular Rogue River. Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

There's something indescribably delicious about the toffee, peanut brittle, and chocolates made by southern Oregon's Homemade Confections. Owner Judith Galindo thinks it starts with personal passion. "I love to cook. For over 20 years I made chocolates, peanut brittle and toffees and gave them as gifts to friends and family

July is Oregon craft beer month and Whitewater Warehouse is making merry with a very special Rogue River whitewater rafting trip scheduled for July 18 - 20. Cost is $880 per adult and participants will raft and/or kayak Oregon's protected Rogue River canyon during the day. Each evening will be set aside for craft beer tasti

Southern Oregon artist Gabriel Mark Lipper describes his recent works as paintings that seduce viewers into an opulent world of decadence and longing. The strength of his colors, textures, and even the positions in which he paints his subjects echos his artistic passions and fresh perspectives. "I like to play with color an

Oregon hiking writer and guru, Bill Sullivan has done it again. His newest book, "Trails of Crater Lake National Park and Oregon Caves National Monument," has recently been published and is ready for purchase. The guide includes detailed descriptions of every trail in the two areas, sightseeing suggestions, tips on where to

 We keep shaking our heads at the fascinating people that live and work in southern Oregon. Ginger Johnson is one of them. Business woman, dreamer and organizer for her Women Enjoying Beer  (WEB) business, her energy, smarts, and authentic personality just reel you in. You can't help but want to sit down with her and disc

For years Rob Robinson has been Whitewater Warehouse's webmaster. Because of our close working relationship, we are lucky enough to get to know Rob's uber-creative sides. First, he is a painter who loves variety. He paints beautiful watercolor landscapes (like his Rogue River collection, see one example above) but he also e

Roasting Oregon hazelnuts for our upcoming Rogue River rafting, kayaking and hiking trips. Yum. Straight from the mid-Willamette Valley's Chamber family hazelnut orchards.  In this blog, we'll show you how we roast and prepare our Oregon hazelnuts (also known as filberts) for our Rogue River rafting, kayaking & hiking

This is a super short video taken of a beautiful little Rogue River canyon stream called Kelsey Creek. If you happen to hike with us on any of our upcoming Oregon Rogue River hiking trips, you will have a chance to view it. So pretty with the dappled sunshine showing through the trees onto the creek as it flows towards the

Last Sunday it was southern Oregon's Applegate Valley Vintner's "Spring Uncorked Barrel Tour," this Saturday the Upper Rogue Valley Vintners are sponsoring a "Roam the Rogue" winery tour. The tour features eight Rogue Valley wineries who are offering tastings of their newest wines and complementary food appetizers. Tickets

Free is a very good price. And a FREE whitewater rafting and hiking hat...BONUS! You could be the lucky winner of one of our 2010 Rogue River rafting, kayaking and hiking hats...by just checking out our White Water Warehouse FaceBook page and "liking" us. See Joy Henkle (above), owner of White Water Warehouse, doing her bes

Looking for a "go to" southern Oregon information website? Look no further than 541live.com! This website has it all. Posts on upcoming community events, reviews on unique restaurants, and even what's currently hot in the local business/shopping scene. 541live.com owner, Amanda Misa is full of positive energy about souther

"We're celebrating southern Oregon's star food producers with our Farm to Fork dinner series. There are so many amazing local farmers and artisan food and wine producers here in this valley that we felt the time was right to offer this unique series of farm dinners. All the food will be southern Oregon based and the dinners

An Oregon river songstress who's voice will stop you in your tracks. Alice Di Micele. One of a kind woman, one of a kind voice. Bob Meister, owner of White Water Warehouse was listening to NPR one day when one of Alice's songs was played. He came back to the WWW office haunted by her lyrics and her voice. Going to her websi

Northwest Travel magazine describes the Rogue River portion of the Rogue-Umpqua Scenic Byway this way. "The Rogue is a rascally river with headwaters near the western boundary of Crater Lake National park, where it begins carving and curling 215 miles to the Pacific Ocean. The 83-mile long Rogue River portion of the Rogue-U

"Art in Bloom" is Medford, Oregon's gift to all moms. The weekend-long celebration will be held on May 8 & 9 this year....just in time to celebrate the most important woman in your life, your mom. This is an event that some folks look forward to all winter. The two-day festival hones in on some of Southern Oregon's bes

If you are a wine lover, you absolutely must make time for the unique wineries of southern Oregon's Rogue River Valley. Can you believe there are over 50 wineries in this small Valley? The Southern Oregon Winery Association (SOWA) has a simple website that lists these 50 wineries/vineyards and makes it easy for you to click

We call the organic micro-farmer who we get many of our summer vegetables from for our Rogue River rafting, kayaking and hiking season, "Mad Ed." His given name is Edward but his nickname "Mad" comes from his organic gardening passion and the fact that he's also a bit eccentric. Here's a guy who spends most of his time tend

Itching to get some exercise and eat healthy for your next vacation? Oregon Rogue River rafting, kayaking and hiking trips offer vacationers the perfect combo: tons 'o fun and a chance to get some real exercise without really thinking about it. Recreation is basic to the purpose of a vacation. Recreation means "to restore

Father's Day gifts. What to do? A whitewater rafting trip on Oregon's Rogue River just might be the ticket. Whitewater Warehouse is offering super discounts for dads, step-dads, granddads, and uncles on our Rogue River lodge trip that begins on Father's Day (June 20, 2010) and ends on June 22, 2010. We call it our "Discoun

When one of our valued Whitewater Warehouse customers raves about excellent customer service we take notice. Molly O'Hearn who is in a league of her own (in many ways but we are referring to customer service here!) says that southern Oregon's Bandon Dunes Golf Course in Bandon, Oregon is world-class in offering top-notch cu