Being a white water rafting guide on the French Broad River, near Asheville, NC has some pretty nice perks when it comes to family vacations. You see, my family, parents, sisters, brothers-in-law, cousins, nieces and nephews often visit me, knowing we’ll get to spend a fun day rafting together on a beautiful river. Blue Heron Whitewater on the French Broad River provides the closest, family-friendly, whitewater rafting trips to Asheville, NC. It’s wonderful to live in such a place, with so many cool things to do, that family wants to visit! Check out our website www.blueheronwhitewater.com or call 888-426-7238 (H2O-Raft). Being a white water rafting guide on the French Broad River, near Asheville, NC has some pretty nice perks when it comes to family vacations. You see, my family, parents, sisters, brothers-in-law, cousins, nieces and nephews often visit me, knowing we’ll get to spend a fun day rafting together on a beautiful river. Blue Heron Whitewater on the French Broad River provides the closest, family-friendly, whitewater rafting trips to Asheville, NC. It’s wonderful to live in such a place, with so many cool things to do, that family wants to visit! Check out our website www.blueheronwhitewater.com or call 888-426-7238 (H2O-Raft). So what do people who work guiding boats down the Fre
nch Broad River for Blue Heron Whitewater do on their day off? Why, we go rafting, kayaking, canoeing, or ducking of course. On Saturday the crew of Blue Heron Whitewater took a day off the French Broad River and headed over to the Green River. Just east of Asheville, NC the Green is home of the famous class V narrows. Not my cup of tea but fortunately just upstream of the narrows stretch 
of river there is a beautiful and fun stretch that is clear and narrow with a couple of attention getting class III+ rapids. And while the French Broad River is wide, free-flowing and ancient (predating the Smoky Mtns.), the Green is narrow and cool and damn controlled. Both rivers are great for family and group rafting trips. The fantastic variety of rivers available in the Asheville, NC area is one of the g
reat things about rafting in North Carolina.
Our little adventure on the Green was great fun but we are excited to be back here on the French Broad River because after a summer of drought it has started to rain and the French Broad will be a different river tomorrow. Thank you tropical storm Faye.
nch Broad River for Blue Heron Whitewater do on their day off? Why, we go rafting, kayaking, canoeing, or ducking of course. On Saturday the crew of Blue Heron Whitewater took a day off the French Broad River and headed over to the Green River. Just east of Asheville, NC the Green is home of the famous class V narrows. Not my cup of tea but fortunately just upstream of the narrows stretch of river there is a beautiful and fun stretch that is clear and narrow with a couple of attention getting class III+ rapids. And while the French Broad River is wide, free-flowing and ancient (predating the Smoky Mtns.), the Green is narrow and cool and damn controlled. Both rivers are great for family and group rafting trips. The fantastic variety of rivers available in the Asheville, NC area is one of the great things about rafting in North Carolina. Our little adventure on the Green was great fun but we are excited to be back here on the French Broad River because after a summer of drought it has started to rain and the French Broad will be a different river tomorrow. Thank you tropical storm Faye.
Welcome to Blue Heron Whitewater's new blog! As of the date of this posting (today is July 21, 2008), our new website is "under development", so check back often here for news about us, and for tips on great things to do near Asheville NC. We asked our marketing friend and former river guide, Julie, to help us get started in this brave new blog world. We like this approach for several reasons: we are busy starting a new rafting company after all!, we would rather be on the river than online, and, we aren't very comfortable writing about ourselves. Ok, here goes!
Meet Fritz Johnson, Ciro Pena, and Sandy Melton - the wizards, power, and fun behind North Carolina's newest whitewater rafting company - Blue Heron Whitewater.
Ciro, Sandy, and Fritz each have over 20 years experience in the rafting industry, having led operations for powerhouse big companies like Nantahala Outdoor Center. Besides being best of friends, these three love rivers, people, and adventure. On a Blue Heron Whitewater rafting trip on the French Broad River, you get over half a century of expertise, experience, quality, river smarts, and people passion, all working to bring you the best outdoor vacation experience in Western North Carolina. The guests who raft with Blue Heron Whitewater meet Ciro, Sandy, and Fritz every day.
Fritz ran the French Broad Rafting operations for NOC for over 10 years, turning the outpost into one of NOC's most successful rafting centers. Fritz knows the French Broad River better than probably anyone else. She has seen the river at every imaginable water level (it's one of the few free-flowing rafting rivers in the US). Every rock, riffle, and rapid is known to Fritz.
Sandy was senior guide, trip leader, and manager on the Nolichucky and French Broad rivers for over 20 years. Sandy's calm spirit, extraordinary paddling skills, and warmth is loved by guests. She raises goats and spins Angora wool on her North Carolina farm with her husband in the off-season.
Ciro is a professional photographer, retailer, and forever raft guide who has worked on just about every river in the Southeast for over 20 years. Geez, these guys have it happening. Visit our photo album of Blue Heron Whitewater's rafting center under construction. (Do you think they are having too much fun? How many people can you recognize helping them get started?)
You can email Fritz, Ciro, and Sandy at blueheronwhitewater@gmail.com, or call them at 1-888-H2O-RAFT (1-888-426-7238).
Or, reach out to them via this new blog using the comments field at the bottom of this entry. Rock on dynamic trio!
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