Guest Letters & Trip Feedback

Feedback sent in from a family vacationing in California from Texas

We had a blast. The river was perfect and food great. We were a little nervous about bringing our daughter (12) on an intermediate trip but she had a blast. Joe did a great job. He really made the trip, informative and fun.

We have already told several of our friends in Texas about A.O and told them they should ask for Joe but really all the guides were great and we would ride with any of them.

We just got back in Grapevine today but I have already heard the kids telling friends that the rafting experience was their favorite part in a week that included…S.F, Alcatraz, Cable Cars, Muir Woods, Wine Country (more for mom and dad) and Yosemite.

Thanks again and if we ever get back to the SF area we will be looking you guys up.
(BTW: My son loved the t-shirt reminds him of Led Zeplin)

Have a great summer,

Rocky G.
Grapevine, TX

Feedback was sent to Howard B in our Walnut Creek office from Rose C. Rose joined us on a 2-Day Middle Fork Trip in July of 2007.

Howard,

Hope all is well. The trip was amazing, thrilling, exciting, relaxing and I can’t wait to do another trip! Our guide, Brian, was great as were the other three guides on our trip (Jordan, Aaron, and Seth).

Unfortunately, didn’t get their last names, but if you wouldn’t mind, would you please pass my compliments on to whomever their boss might be.

Thanks for your help as well; you were great.

Rose

Feedback was sent into Taylor from our Walnut Creek office from Jeff K of Ninnetka, CA. Jeff and his friends rafting the Middle Fork American over the the July 4th Holiday.

Hi Taylor,Our trip was a good as it gets! Since it was my first time out along with my friends and we had no idea what to expect, it’s safe to say that our expectations were met… and then some! We had an awesome time and our guide, Lindsay, was just as great. She kept us entertained and was very cool.

Just everything about the trip made the trip an experience I will never forget. Needless to say, I will be back up there again soon enough and I will be looking forward to booking it through All-Outdoors.

Thanks to you and your staff for putting on such a memorable trip.

Jeff K.

This feedback came from one of our special Bachelor Party Trips. David B. of Marina Del Rey, CA chose a Middle Fork 2-Day Trip. His feedback was sent to Diana in our Walnut Creek office.

Hey Diana,

we had a great time! The food was incredible - really really good, far exceeded expectations and the guides were really fun. Sean was great - he adapted to us (i.e. made fun of us, which we like) and he is very smart (not everyday you get an engineer as a river guide) and Tessa is clearly a special human being - she was so much fun!

I got a lot of credit from my friends for ‘picking the right company.’

In hindsight, I personally would have liked a trip with more rafting (i.e. a longer trip than 2 days) but not everyone in my group agreed with that.

Thanks for a great weekend - I can’t wait to see the video.

David B.

Feedback was sent to Roxanne in our Walnut Creek office from Chris B. in Rohnert Park, CA. Chris joined us on one of our Middle Fork 1-Day trips.

Roxanne,

Thanks for asking how our trip was. It was terrific! I was very impressed wit the advance info AO provided us. From the info you provided me over the phone when I signed up, to the confirming email and links to important info available on your website, down to your confirming call the night before. All this instilled great confidence in AO’s operations.

The pre-trip detail and info Sam shared on our ride to the put in was excellent. He covered all the main points and used humor throughout. He was very good at shifting from his jovial self to be more serious about the instructions he gave that involved personal safety.

The equipment was top notch and the in-the-boat instruction very clear and easy to follow.

The trip was a lot of fun. Both of my kids want to make this an annual trip and to bring cousins, aunts, and uncles next time too. No one fell out of our raft although I did catch Sam once and was able to pull myself back in on Chunder when I was thrown half of the way out. I loved Sam’s comment to me after he saw me pull myself in with one arm: “Chris, that was really gnarly!”

The food was great. we all had our fill and there were left overs - but not that much.

Overall, we had a great time and would definitely recommend AO to anyone considering rafting. We will also definitely be going again with AO next year and will likely be bringing along a few other family members to join in the fun.

Thanks!

Chris B.
P.S. Even if she denies it, we were all witnesses to Naomi asking Sam out for a date to find the four wheel trail and take it down to the river some afternoon! Just ask Sam.

Feedback was sent to our Walnut Creek office from Andrew M. in Oakland, CA. Andrew and his family joined us on one of our Middle Fork American River multi-day trips.

I have organized and booked several trips through AO including a group trip for 15 of my co-workers at VMware. I always come back to AO because I’m confident that the experience will be such that I don’t have to make any excuses to the people I “convince” to go. On the recent trip I organized with co-workers a number of the people in my group had never been rafting before and had to take my word for it that they would have a good time, which they did! I would not take that chance with any other rafting company. The experience as well as the attitude of the guides, combined with the equipment, preparation and of course the excellent food are what set All-Outdoors apart from others.

I just returned from a 2-day trip with my family on the Middle Fork of the American and really appreciate the special attention that was offered to us along with the rest of the guests. Seth, Brookie, Buba, Hobbit and the rest were great, and of course Canyon Girl! Remote camping in the wilderness with your family is a very special thing, but not easily achieved by most folks because of time, work and just knowing where to go and what to bring. But a rafting/camping trip with AO is so easy because they do all the planning, hauling, cooking, cleaning etc.

Thanks again All-Outdoors and staff.

I’ll look forward to future trips with your outfit.

Regards, Andrew M.

This feedback comes from Bryan M. of San Francisco regarding his 1-Day Trip on the Middle Fork American in June of 2007.

We had a great time on the river and our guides, Todd and Robyn, were outstanding. I think we’ll go back to the Stan, Kaweah, or North Fork American next year since we were exhausted from the 18 miles of the Middle Fork.

The food, scenery and people were great. We were all discussing our ideal trip for next year:

Same Guides, shorter and more intense river, no more than 4 or 5 people per boat and a better campsite (that was my bad).I’ll be coming back to you guys next year.

Bryan

Feedback was sent to Lenka in our Walnut Creek office from Joseph G. of Marina Del Rey, Ca. Joseph joined us on a Middle Fork American 3-day river trip.

We had a wonderful time and want to note particularly the outstanding work of our guides, Nate, Laura and Brooke and Matt who cooked and handled the gear raft. They were first class all the way and had wonderful personalities which made the trip even more worthwhile.

I told them that I am in the early stages of contemplating a 2-3 day rafting trip maybe on the Tuolumne River with a team of people who work with me as a sort of corporate get away trip. If I do that, I’d like to get the same team (Nate, Laura, Brooke and Matt) to guide us. I will let you know if this materializes.

Thanks.