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Official visitors guide to Portland Boat Rentals, jet skis, waverunners, and outdoor water sports lessons and boat tours at the freshwater lake of your choice.  Portland is a city located in the state of Oregon, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers which are highly used for houseboat vacations, hunting, fishing, shipping, wakeboarding, flyboarding, water skiing, wakesurfing, tubing, and sightseeing.  Portland is Oregon's most populous city, and the third most populous city in the Pacific Northwest region, after Seattle, Washington and Vancouver, British Columbia.  Located in the marine west coast climate region, Portland has a climate marked by both warm, dry summers and wet, cool-to-chilly winter days.  For more than a century, Portland has been known as the "City of Roses", with many rose gardens – most prominently the International Rose Test Garden.  It is also the home of the Timbers Major League Soccer team and the Trail Blazers National Basketball Association team.

Portland's location, with access both to the Pacific Ocean via the Willamette and the Columbia rivers and to the agricultural Tualatin Valley via the "Great Plank Road" through a canyon in the West Hills, gave it an advantage over nearby ports, and it grew very quickly.  It remained the major port in the Pacific Northwest for much of the 19th century, until the 1890s, when Seattle's deep water harbor was connected to the rest of the mainland by rail, affording an inland route without the treacherous navigation of the Columbia River.  The warmest month is August with a daytime average of 81.1 °F and an average low of 58 °F.  Because of its inland location, Portland can experience heatwaves, in July and August particularly, with air temperatures sometimes rising over 90 °F.  Winters are described as somewhat mild and very wet.  Outdoor recreation and motor sports are very popular in the state because of the unique diversity of landscape.

Portland is one of only three cities in the nation with extinct volcanoes within its boundaries.  Mount Tabor Park is known for its scenic views and historic reservoirs when people enjoy camping, boating, fishing, and hunting.  Forest Park is the largest wilderness park within city limits in the United States, covering more than 5,000 acres.  Washington Park is just west of downtown, and is home to the Oregon Zoo, the Portland Japanese Garden, and the International Rose Test Garden.  Tom McCall Waterfront Park runs along the west bank of the Willamette for the length of downtown a great tourist and local destination for families, business outing, and friend gatherings.  The 37-acre park was built in 1974 after Harbor Drive was removed and now hosts large events throughout the year.  Portland's downtown features two groups of contiguous city blocks dedicated for park space: the North and South Park Blocks.  Tryon Creek State Natural Area is one of three Oregon State Parks in Portland and the most popular; its creek has a run of steelhead.  The other two State Parks are Willamette Stone State Heritage Site located in the West Hills and the Government Island State Recreation Area located in the Columbia River near Portland International Airport.

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Official guide and company offering Denver boat rentals, jet ski, watercraft, boat tours, waverunners, the flyboard, and outdoor adventure water sports lessons at the lake of your choice.  Denver is the largest city and the capital of the state of Colorado and is also the second most populous county after El Paso County.  Located in the Rocky Mountains this city is abundant in lakes, reservoirs, and rivers which allow all types of boating and non-motorized recreational activities.  The Denver downtown district is located immediately east of the confluence of Cherry Creek with the South Platte River, approximately 10 miles east of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.  Denver is nicknamed the Mile-High City because its official elevation is exactly one mile above sea level, making it one of the highest major cities in the United States.  Denver has over 201 parks, from small mini-parks all over the city to the giant 315 acres City Park. 

Denver also has 29 recreation centers providing places for locals and tourist to enjoy recreation and relaxation.  Reinhard Schuetze was the city's first landscape architect, and he brought his German-educated landscaping genius to Washington Park, Cheesman Park, and City Park among others.   In addition to the parks within Denver itself, the city acquired land for mountain parks.  Over the years, Denver has acquired, built and maintained approximately 14,000 acres of mountain parks, including Red Rocks Park, which is known for its scenery and musical history revolving around the unique Red Rocks Amphitheater.  Denver also owns the mountain on which the Winter Park Resort ski area is operated in Grand County.  City parks are important places for both Denverites and visitors, inciting controversy with every change.  Denver continues to grow its park system with the development of many new parks along the Platte River through the city, and with Central Park and Bluff Lake Nature Center in the Stapleton neighborhood redevelopment.  All of these parks are important gathering places for residents and allow what was once a dry plain to be lush, active, fun, and green.

Denver lies within the semi-arid, continental climate zone and is well know for it's winter snow sports including snowboarding and snow skiing.  It has four distinct seasons and receives a modest amount of precipitation spread through the year.  Due to its inland location on the High Plains, at the foot of the Rocky Mountains, Denver, like all cities along the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains, is subject to sudden changes in weather.  Denver's climate is very sunny, averaging 3,105 hours or 300 days of sunshine a year.  July is the warmest month of the year, with high temperatures averaging almost 90 °F and lows averaging around 60 °F resulting in a mean monthly temperature of 74.2 °F.  Summers range from mild to hot with occasional afternoon thunderstorms and high temperatures occasionally reaching 100 degrees.  December, the coldest month of the year, has an average high temperature of 44 °F and an average low temperature of 18 °F, resulting in an average monthly temperature of 30.7 °F.  Our watercraft rentals and boat tour services can accommodate large corporate events, families or small businesses.