Dvorak Expeditions - Whitewater Blogged

This is a letter from a client

Dear Mr. & Mrs. Dvorak,

I am enclosing two DVD’s that I recently finished making of a trip that I took with my brother-in-law Bob Spencer,   The trip was your Gunnison Gorge fishing trip on June 23-25.   We were passengers in a raft piloted by your son Matt. 

We had a GREAT time!  The guides, and especially Matt, were very professional as well as personable.  The food was excellent, fishing was good, and the rafting experience was an adventure (my first time in a raft).  When I save up some extra money, I’ll come to Colorado for another fishing trip with your company.

I’m a beginner when it comes to making video DVDs, so everything is not perfect.  It took a while to figure out how to combine videos from a digital camera, videos from a video camera, still pictures and music.  But I think it tells the story of the trip.  Please give a copy to Matt, since I told him he would get it eventually.

Sincerely,

David Elliott
David Elliott
Grand Rapids, MI

Celebrating 40th Anniversary 2009!

CELEBRATING Our 40th Year of Outfitting " River Magic" in 2009

The Dvorak's have a BIG year ahead (2009) and want to share the fun with all our guests and friends. It will be our 40th year of outfitting whitewater trips,  Bill and Jaci's 40th wedding anniversary and also their 60th birthdays!  They have some wonderful adventures and surprises to share with everyone this next season, so stay in touch.  We hope you will watch the SPECIALS page online and sign up for our newsletter to take advantage of the EARLY BIRD DEALS (book by 12/15/08) discounts.  CALL 800 824-3795 If you have your vacation dates set for 2009, call us today and we're here to offer those specials now.  Colorado is getting it's first snow and the high country is still full of fall colors with white caps on the peaks.   Thanks for a great season and don't forget to VOTE for your canidate of choice on November 4th. 

Here's to High water, Whitewater & Friendship!

Jaci and Bill Dvorak

Another satisfied customer report

August 26, 2008

Dear Dvoraks,

Last month while I was in Colorado I took a half day trip on the Arkansas River, which was a high point of my visit to the state. The directions you e-mailed were precise, making the destination easy to find from Denver. A pristine river, majestic rock formations, abundant plant life, and a variety of bird species; all are fond memories I now have of the rafting journey.

Additionally, I wanted to recognize the expertise of the guide - Liam who was both personable and knowledgeable making the trip notable. He was quite informative on a variety of subjects including the speed of the river, the habitat, history and geology of the area. He really was delightful, intelligent, and negotiated the river with expertise.

Thank you for providing a nicely organized trip, and a fabulous guide!

Regards, Suzy Duncan

Gunnison River June 2008

A client just shared this great online photo album with us.  Click here to view the rest of the album.

Praise for the Green River trip from a client

We just wanted to Thank all of you for making our trip down the Green River a memorable experience.

Kevin, Ben, Lizzie, Amy, Justin, Russ and Dave were so much fun, and they worked so well with all the kids.  They worked so perfectly as a team and were true professionals. Being on the river with Jeff and Marlayna and their whole family was also a lot of fun. The meals were excellent and we have told all our friends about our adventures. Except for the constant remarks from Ellen (the complainer) we had a great time and enjoyed everyone's company.  Ben went out of his way to try and make her happy, but she was just one of those type's to complain about everything.

We hope as our kids get older, that we get to go on other rafting trips with ya'll. We actually went home missing everyone. Please let all the guides know how much we enjoyed them. Thanks for a perfect week.

Mark, Tammy, Mason and Megan Perry

Crawford, Texas

From a client

June 16, 2008

Dear Jennifer, “Office Chix”

I cannot believe this.  This is outrageous.  My whole trip has now been ruined; I was counting on those pictures to prove to everyone the other guys paddling in my boat were a bunch of pansies hiding in the center every time we hit a wave or even a ripple.  In addition due to excessive partying in my younger years I have short term memory loss and will probably forget about the trip in a couple of hours, I needed those pictures.  I guess what we can do is this,  I will send you a picture of me and you can cut the head off and paste it on someone is hammering through a big rapid. Even better, if you could paste it on one of the more ripped guides bodies in a boat full of female rafters that would be appreciated.  It would be a way cooler story to tell/show my friends that I was guiding a raft full of hardcore chix through the numbers rather than hanging with a bunch of dudes in wetsuits.

Ok just kidding.  We had a great time running the river with you guys.  I really enjoy the fact that we had no one else with us and we were able to run the river without a whole mass of boats.  I have run most of the rivers in Colorado several times and since I do not have enough time to spend on the river learning to run my own boat I must use river companies such as yours.  I have run other rivers with many other companies including Dvorak’s before, and can honestly say that you guys have the best operation.  I have some very close friends who are in turn very close with the owners and would have probably give me a load of sh%t  if they actually saw pictures of me looking like a gaper/tourist with all the gear on, especially since I have been on the river quite a few times.

Also, even though Mat is a paddle Nazi I think I learned more tips from him on paddling than anyone else yet.  He was cool to boat with and the other guys were great too.  I will look forward to doing Gore Canyon with Mat later this summer when it is running.

Thanks again,

Eric Galvan
Arkansas River on the Numbers @ cut off level “BIG WATER”   

Video of Gunnison Gorge Fly Fishing - Stone Fly Hatch

Video of the 2006 Classical Music Journey - Green River

A comment from a recent middle school annual rafting trip

Could you send an invoice for $100.00 for gratuity for our group on 5/23/08? 

Thanks for everything, you guys went far beyond your requirements for us that cold and miserable Friday.  Our guides never uttered a word of their own discomfort and gave of their own supplies to keep the children as comfortable as possible.  I can't thank you enough - on behalf of all of us.  I'm thinking the first weekend
in September might be a better option for our annual rafting adventure - what do you think? 

Diana Biggs 5/17/08

Can't wait to catch the BIG water

We have had the chance to do the famous Dolores and what a ride!  Interesting vegatation growth after these idle years, but fantastic ruins and artifacts are still there!  We'll be back