{"id":10081,"date":"2022-03-30T11:00:48","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T18:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aorafting.com\/blog\/?p=10081"},"modified":"2023-10-20T17:24:02","modified_gmt":"2023-10-21T00:24:02","slug":"celebrating-60-years-on-california-rivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aorafting.com\/blog\/celebrating-60-years-on-california-rivers\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating 60 Years on California Rivers!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><p>\r\n<i class=\"fa-regular fa-clock\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> <span class=\"bsf-rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"bsf-rt-display-label\" prefix=\"Reading Time\">\n\t\t<\/span> <span class=\"bsf-rt-display-time\" reading_time=\"2\"><\/span> \n\t\t<span class=\"bsf-rt-display-postfix\" postfix=\"mins\"><\/span><\/span>\r\n<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-youtube su-u-responsive-media-yes\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eZ2yDvxFfCA?\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture\" title=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Sixty years is a long time, and 1962 was a long time ago. That year\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"margin-left: 20px;\">&#8230;President Kennedy asked Congress for $531 million to put a man on the moon&#8230;.the Cold War got colder due to the Cuban Missile Crisis.\n<p>&#8230;the Beatles and the Beach Boys became a thing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;the original film Westside Story was released.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;the average cost of a house was $19,508, and a new imported Renault car $1,395.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;the price of gas was 28 cents a gallon, and a dozen eggs 32 cents.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>At that same time something significant also took place &#8211; not on the world stage, but in a deep remote limestone canyon in the foothills of California\u2019s Sierra Nevada mountains. George Armstrong put his $53 department store raft into the Main Stanislaus River and shoved off from shore leaving his footprints in the sand and his mark on what would eventually be called \u201cwhitewater rafting\u201d. He became an early pioneer of California rafting. His life, the life of his family, and the life of hundreds of thousands of people would never be the same as a result of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aorafting.com\/blog\/george-armstrongs-first-rafting-trip-1962\/\">George&#8217;s first rafting trip<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image wp-caption\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"556\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aorafting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/mf-salmon-1969.jpg\" alt=\"George rowing on the Middle Fork Salmon in Idaho - 1969\" class=\"wp-image-10076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aorafting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/mf-salmon-1969.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.aorafting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/mf-salmon-1969-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.aorafting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/mf-salmon-1969-768x427.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Early family trip on the Main Salmon River in Idaho, 1969.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:30px\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Those early family and friend rafting trips soon turned into trips for the general public and the rest is history. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aorafting.com\/aboutao\/experience.htm\">During the past sixty years<\/a> All-Outdoors has become the leading outfitter in California. It has been an amazing growing process full of adventure, exploration, and expansion. It has also been about tens of thousands of wonderful relationships created by people rafting together down beautiful rivers flowing through remarkable canyons.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image wp-caption\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"556\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aorafting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/mf-salmon-1969-dolores-buzzy.jpg\" alt=\"Dolores Armstrong and sister Buzzy\" class=\"wp-image-10077\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aorafting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/mf-salmon-1969-dolores-buzzy.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.aorafting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/mf-salmon-1969-dolores-buzzy-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.aorafting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/mf-salmon-1969-dolores-buzzy-768x427.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">George&#8217;s wife Dolores and her sister Norma enjoying time on the river.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:30px\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Turning 60 years old is something worth celebrating, especially when so many lives have been touched over the decades. We appreciate all our guests and employees who have made this process and milestone possible. You are all part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aorafting.com\/aboutao\/welcome.htm\">All-Outdoors team and family<\/a>, so thank you and\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-happy-60th-anniversary\">HAPPY 60th ANNIVERSARY!<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:40px\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"container-fluid\">\r\n    <em><small>Posted on March 30, 2022 by<\/small><\/em>\r\n    <div class=\"author-bio\">\r\n\t    <div class=\"col-sm-3\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/gregg-miriam-armstrong.png\" class=\"author-avatar img-responsive\" alt=\"Gregg Armstrong Bio\" \/><\/div>\r\n\t    <div class=\"col-sm-9\">\r\n        <h3>Gregg Armstrong<\/h3>\r\n\t\t<p>Gregg is the middle child of George and Dolores Armstrong's five children. 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