Sandy Carson

Best Place to Tube

Guadalupe River

"Tubing? What's tubing?" New Central Texans only get one chance to utter that ill-informed phrase before getting slapped upside the head, then fitted for the inside of a truck tire and taken directly to the Guadalupe River. "It's like sitting for two hours with your ass in a bucket of cold water," one editor notes. But most folks get hooked the first time out. Hill Country towns such as Canyon Lake and New Braunfels thrive on the hoards of incoming tubers looking for sun and fun along the rolling river. The key is to go with a big group of friends and get at least one tube with a bottom attached for an ice chest. And, of course, a designated driver.

Guadalupe River State Park
3350 Park Road 31, Spring Branch, 830/438-2656
www.tpwd.state.tx.us/park/guadalup