{"id":11700,"date":"2023-08-02T12:12:43","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T19:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aorafting.com\/blog\/?p=11700"},"modified":"2026-01-09T16:20:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T00:20:35","slug":"day-in-the-life-of-a-river-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aorafting.com\/blog\/day-in-the-life-of-a-river-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Day in the Life of a River Guide \u2013 Behind the Scenes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><i class=\"fa-regular fa-clock\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> View time: 4.5 mins<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a lot more to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aorafting.com\/aboutao\/guides.htm\">raft guide\u2019s job<\/a> than taking folks down the river every day. 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We&#8217;ll go down the Lower section (the Gorge) which has fun splashy waves and big Class 3 rapids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our five boats are at the river and the guides are getting them ready before we take off. We are going to meet our guests, get everybody down here, load the boats, and start rafting.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With our life jackets and helmets on, we are heading down to the river to raft, excited and hyped! Here we go!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-raft-and-refuel\">Raft and Refuel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>After rafting through some fun Class 1 and 2 rapids, we&#8217;ve made it halfway through our day&nbsp;into our lunch spot at Cronan Ranch. We&#8217;re going to make lunch for our guests at the tables up above the river. We do a picnic lunch with make-your-own sandwiches, starting with fruit and chips, and ending with cookies. We do our best to leave no trace at our lunch spot, picking up all the little pieces of trash, trying to leave it better than we found it. Next up is the Class 3 section on the Gorge!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rafting portion of the day ends at Folsom Lake, at our take-out spot at Salmon Falls. We get our boats on the truck, our guests on the bus, and head back to the All-Outdoors River Center. Once there, we put all the boats and life jackets away, get the dishes done, and say goodbye to our guests. It was another great day on the South Fork!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-let-s-do-it-again-tomorrow\">Let\u2019s do it again tomorrow!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>My favorite part today was taking down a group of young girls who were a little bit timid at first&nbsp;but really opened up toward the end.They had a good time laughing and hanging out in the bigger rapids. Overall, that&#8217;s one of the favorite parts of my job: hanging out with new people, seeing them experience a new activity. 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