Passing the Oars

After 20 years at the oars of Winding Waters River Expeditions, Penny and I have made the decision to hand them off. This has truly been an amazing journey. Over the past 2 decades, we watched our home office/boathouse and 5 person crew blossom into the Joseph boathouse and 30 person crew. We are so grateful to all of you for trusting us with your precious vacation time and allowing us to share “the river” with you. 

We are so proud of our guides and the hard work they do to make our trips happen. It is going to be easy for us to hand off the oars to one of our seasoned lead guides, Robin Pace, who has been working with us since 2013. She has done every job from groover duty to lead guide to operations manager to baby sitter for our 2 children at Winding Waters and knows the operations inside and out. Robin, Penny and I have a shared vision of guide culture, commitment to customer service, professionalism and what it means to simply mess about in boats. Robin’s leadership ability and this shared vision gives us great confidence in the continued success of Winding Waters River Expeditions. We are looking forward to seeing what is around the next bend in the river.  

Penny and I plan to be a resource for Robin during the summer’s transition period and I look forward to returning as a guest guide from time to time in the future.  

So what’s next for us?  

Penny and I plan to spend a lot of time attending Britton (10) and Linden’s (14) sporting events and cheering them on! We are also excited to get our summers back and be able to plan our own family rafting/hiking/biking/climbing and horseback riding adventures. Penny will be working for a local engineering firm writing reports, special use permits and working in their ground water monitoring program. I have started a general contracting business "Eddy Out" with a few other “retired” raft guides. We will be building homes in the Wallowa County area.