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Best place to tube
Give me a big ole inner tube and a nice chilly Texas river and I’m as happy as a pig in slop. Tubing is a right of passage in Texas.
My tubing venue of preference is the Upper Guadalupe River, on the west side of the U.S. 281 bridge. That’s mainly because the parents of a college friend have a place on the river, and a couple of times a year he invites us out to soak up some sun, river water, and barbecue. It’s pure bliss.
The Upper ‘Pe, as we fondly call it, isn’t quite as cold as the Lower ‘Pe, which runs through Gruene and sometimes feels like an ice company dumped its load in the river. The water near Gruene comes from below the Canyon Lake dam. That makes it colder than the Upper ‘Pe, which is also less crowded.
My favorite tubing activity? The tube stand, in which I attempt to stand up on an inner tube. It usually only lasts a moment or two before I plunge into the river. Which isn’t too bad either.
Both ends of the river are beautiful, lined with towering, lacy cypress trees and folks piling sausages onto their backyard smokers.
Voters in the latest A-List poll agreed, overwhelmingly choosing the Guadalupe River as the area’s best place to go tubing with nearly half the vote.
Here are the official results:
- Guadalupe River 45.7 percent
- Comal River 23.8 percent
- Frio River 14.1 percent
- San Marcos River 12.3 percent
- Texas Paddling Trails 2.8 percent
- Brazos River 0.9 percent
- Neches River 0.4 percent
What’s your favorite tubing venue? Why?
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By wayne johnson
February 27, 2011 1:51 AM | Link to this
Upper guadalupe river, no boom box or cooer size restrictions. my favorite, guadalupe canoe and camping (guadalupecanoe.com) has beautiful campground and toob rentals for $10 compared ot $13 for other outfitters in the area. water is warmer than below canyon lake and no law enforcement hassles
try this seciton of the river, you will love it. Let me know if you find $10 rentals anywhere else