Family Owned Since 1979! Bud Chatham dreamed of owning the Snake River Cabins since he was an 18 year-old skinny kid, toiling away his college summers at SRC. He’d scrub the bathrooms by day, and talk for hours on a payphone to his incredibly smart and talented girlfriend (now wife) Kelly by night. Bud’s uncle Stan and aunt Karen ran the property for three decades and at every turn, they gave Bud a chance to show his stuff. Despite being young and skinny, Uncle Stan gave him the thumbs-up to train as a river guide under two legendary guides, John Hunt and Rick Seavers. Note: he’d still spend every evening on the pay phone, a source of much entertainment around the campground.