The New Website is Live

With our new website came a new blog. The main WRO blog will now be within the new website. I will probably still post on this blog from time to time as well though. Visit the new website at www.wildernessriver.com.

Thanks,

Seth Tonsmeire

New Website Coming Soon!

Screenshot of New Site

This winter we have been in the process of rebuilding our current website. All the time and effort is about to pay off. Look for the new site to go live in the next week or two. Many new photos and videos to check out!

Music on the Main

Lil' Smokies in Action!

Exciting News! This coming summer we are offering the first WRO river trip with live music on the Main Salmon. Several members of The Lil' Smokies, a popular bluegrass/folk band from Missoula, Montana will be joining us on our August 17th Main Salmon trip. Their style ranges from traditional to progressive newgrass. While a treat to watch any time, we think that bringing them to play with the stunning backdrop of the Salmon River Canyon is taking it to another level. Check out The Lil' Smokies music on MySpace and see for yourself!

Take this scene: Add in a beautiful big Main Salmon beach, yourself enjoying a glass of wine and delicious food, and you have Music on the Main!

Why not make something that is already great even better? We did just that. Matt Cornette is one of the musicians in the band The Lil' Smokies. In addition to being a talented musician he is also a renowned chef at The Red Bird, one of Missoula's finest restaurants. Check out all the great reviews on Yelp! Matt will be planning the dinner menu on this special trip and treating your taste buds to incredible flavors and fine dining style. With a fine dining menu, fine wines, and great music; this trip is going to be hard to beat!

Call or email for more information. This trip may sell out quick. If this sounds like the trip for you, we recommend reserving your spot soon!

Contact Information

RSVP this event on facebook, and invite your friends!

Local Bread on the River!

Store Front in Salmon, Idaho.

This past spring the Odd Fellows’ Bakery opened up here is Salmon Idaho. Craig McCallum has been the driving force behind the bakery since its infancy. He spent much of last winter working to get store construction finished, as well as building the wood fired oven. It was exciting to watch progress and see the doors open in the spring of 2010.

All the bread that the bakery serves is baked in the wood fired oven. They build a fire right in the oven. When the optimal temperature is reached the ash and coals are swept out and the oven is ready for action. They offer a variety of different specialty breads, sandwich breads, muffins, scones, and much more.

Wood Fired Oven.

Fresh Sesame Seed Bread.

Their delicious bread fits into our river menu in several different ways. We like to serve at least one loaf of their bread on sandwich days at lunch. Dinner breads are also a great fit. Last summer the Odd Fellows’ Garlic Bread received great reviews on our trips. The whole garlic cloves baked into the bread, creates a flavor that is hard to beat! I remember one comment about the garlic bread at Lower Bull on the Main Salmon, something along the lines of, “this is the best bread I have ever had.”

More Fresh Bread.

With the bread baked from natural and some local ingredients, supporting a local small business, helping build a sustainable local community and economy, and the plain fact that the bread is delicious, it’s a no brainier to serve it on the river! We are proud to serve Odd Fellows’ bread on both our Middle Fork of the Salmon and the Main Salmon trips.

Craig McCallum, one of the proud owners of Odd Fellows' Bakery.

Seth Tonsmeire

2010 Facebook Winner

Jessica enjoying a day on the Main Salmon.

photo: Seth Tonsmeire

To reward people for being a fan WRO on facebook, we gave away a free 6-day Main Salmon river trip to one lucky fan! Jessica Winans was the winner in last years facebook giveaway.

Jessica and Galen on the Dwyer creek hike, Main Salmon.

Jessica is a teacher at Montana State Western in Dillon Montana, where she teaches geography. She joined our Main Salmon trip on August 9th last summer for her free river trip prize. Jessica and her boyfriend Galen (who also joined the trip) are both avid rafters and were great to have along. Galen is also a kayaker, so he brought along his playboat.

We are looking to giveaway a Middle Fork or Main Salmon trip for the 2011 season sometime this winter! So make sure you "like" our facebook page, and stay posted for how you could be the lucky winner!

Good luck to everyone in the next giveaway.

Seth Tonsmeire