OFF THE BEATEN TRACK
Around the River Bend
All-Outdoors California Whitewater Rafting thrives through a 60-year network of family and friends
STORY AND PHOTOS BY Steve Martarano
An All-Outdoors California Whitewater Rafting trip begins from the put-in site on the South Fork of the American River in Lotus in May .
Scott Armstrong laughs when asked why All-Outdoors California Whitewater Rafting has thrived in the competitive world of commercial rafting for so long . “ Ours had the biggest family ,” he says .
George and Dolores Armstrong founded the company out of their Walnut Creek home almost 60 years ago . Since then , the five Armstrong children — Mark , Sherri , Gregg , Randy and Scott — along with nine grandchildren , numerous other relatives , friends and their families , have developed a vast network over six decades that has sustained the company , now operated from a 7-acre camp on the South Fork of the American River in Lotus .
18 comstocksmag . com | July 2021