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Arkansas River History
Did you know these awesome historical facts about the Arkansas River? Take a look at some interesting Arkansas River history: Evidence of the first humans on the Arkansas River dates back 10,000 years. Many Native American tribes including Apache, Ute, Arapahoe, Cheyenne and Kiowa used the river as a migration…
Beer Pairing With Elevation Brewing Company
American Adventure Expeditions is very excited for our Beer and Food pairing with Elevation Beer Co. this coming Thursday! As the summer heats up the more we find ourselves cooling off with one of Elevations beer that we have here on tap. Come out on Thursday and meet some of…
Food & Beer Pairing With AAE
We got some exciting news at American Adventure Expeditions. The owners let us know that we we’re doing a food and beer pairing in a few days. I’m so excited for it. We’re doing it right here at our outpost. Elevation is providing the beer, consisting of their ‘8 Second…
July 4th With AAE!
It’s was an exciting day here at American Adventure Expeditions on the 4th! It was super festive and all of our guides we’re exciting to hit the water. Everyone was wearing their red, white, and blue. The last couple of days here have been so hectic and busy, it’s awesome.…
Enjoy the Holiday Weekend With AAE!
It’s been a great day here at AAE! The water levels are fantastic and we couldn’t be more excited to kick off this Holiday weekend with full rafting trips through Sunday, making for a great 4th of July weekend! Out here we eat, breathe, and sleep rafting! Today we had…
High Water Season in Colorado
High water season in Colorado. What does that mean? Maximum adventure, thrills, and splashes. We are offering the best that Colorado whitewater rafting has to offer with trips down The Numbers, Brown’s Canyon, Bighorn Sheep Canyon, and The Royal Gorge. The Numbers rafting is the ultimate Colorado rafting adventure! Experience…
Fires Not Affecting Rafting Trips in Buena Vista
Despite the Colorado fires that are going on down south we are still running trips up at our Buena Vista outpost! We have been running the Brown’s Canyon and Number trips and believe me they are going amazing! With the high water peaking we are seeing some great rafting trips…
Rafting Along The Royal Gorge
What’s that up there? Looks like a pretty big rapid followed by a hard left turn… I wondered how we were going to negotiate it, then our guide Curtis hollered “Sunshine rapid is up ahead! Get ready for a hard forward paddle followed by a lean-in, then get back upright…
Great Guides Make Great Trips
I think my mindset towards rafting and especially just hospitality in general really changed. Today we got awarded an excellence “badge”, if you will, in Trip Advisor. It’s really awesome to know that all the hard work and late hours put in by our staff really does make a difference.…