The common term for these trips is River Sojourn. A wide variety of organizations, agencies and corporations are involved in each sojourn. Most are multi-day trips and cover anywhere from dozens to over one hundred river miles.
Some people participate for a day and some for the entire length of the trip.
Evening stops are usually large river community events with a public meal, presentations, discussions, singing and other festive activities. Multiple-day participants normally camp at public campgrounds along the river travel route. Sometimes specific issues and accomplishments are highlighted or future river changes are focused upon during sojourns and their related activities. A Sojourn can serve as an interactive outdoor classroom that allows those who participate to have and up close and personal experience that will change the way they view their effect on water resources. DCNR has selected a Feature River for Pennsylvania every year since 1983 for a June Rivers Month poster.