Grab your pirate hats and celebrate the eighth annual National Get Outdoors Day (GO Day) event at Salt River Tubing, on Saturday, June 13, from 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Prime goals of the event will be reaching first-time visitors to public lands and reconnecting our teens to the great outdoors. Buccaneers can frolic in the pirate-themed merriment as costumed Salt River Tubing employees and pirate warships (shuttle buses) ferry the Salt River pirates to and from the river.
The Salt River Pirates/National Get Outdoors Day (GO Day) attracts thousands of buccaneers, and is the second highest visitation day on the Salt River during the summer season. Yo Ho Ho and a bottle of water!
Pirate Treasures For Buccaneers
Salt River Tubing officials will tender free pirate bandanas to the first 1,000 buccaneers during National Get Outdoors Day. As an added bonus, Salt River Tubing also will be giving 500 pirate treasure bags to the first 500 groups upon tube rental return. These bags will be filled with pirate bandanas, public land brochures, $7 discount tube rental coupons and other treasures.
The company also will award free tubing passes to participants throughout the event for the best tuber costumes. Salt River Tubing’s infamous pirate line-dancers will be performing hourly during the event. Live entertainment will be offered by KKFR Power 98 radio station, including water cannon battles, pirate coin grabbers, contests and free giveaways.
Invited exhibitors include Tonto National Forest and Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office Lake Patrol. Celebrate National Get Outdoors Day with a splash and extra sizzle at Salt River Pirates. Yo Ho Ho and a bottle of water!
“The success of the Forest Service’s More Kids in the Woods program encouraged a national partnership with the American Recreation Coalition (ARC) to create a special day in June (GO Day) to motivate people, especially the youth, to get outdoors and enjoy our nation’s public lands, such as forests, parks and waterways,” said President and CEO of Salt River Tubing Henri Breault.
According to ARC, GO Day partnered with federal, state and local agencies, key enthusiast organizations and recreation businesses to create a healthy, fun day of outdoor adventure aimed at reaching first-time visitors to public lands and reconnecting children to the outdoors. Last year, more than 100 official GO Day sites across the nation welcomed thousands of new faces to the joy and benefits of the great outdoors.
Salt River Tubing’s pirate-themed event endeavors to capture the attention of teens and their families, and the results have been overwhelmingly positive with their turnout on GO Day.
Salt River Tubing is open seven days a week. Daily hours of operation are 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. The latest tube rental is 2 p.m., with weather and water flow permitting.
The cost of tube rental is $17 per person/tube (includes sales tax) for tube rental and shuttle bus service all day.
Children must be 8 years old or older and at least 4 feet tall for tube rental and shuttle bus service.
Glass containers are prohibited by law in the Lower Salt River Recreational Area and will be confiscated. Ice chests and coolers will be inspected for glass containers before boarding shuttle buses. Have a great time on the Lower Salt River by responsibly appointing a designated driver before beginning your tubing adventure. Drugs, alcohol and the Salt River do not mix. Play it safe, and just don’t do it.
Salt River Tubing is located in beautiful Tonto National Forest and operates under permit of the USDA Forest Service. The fun is just seven minutes from the Loop 202 East, Exit 23A, on Power Road and Bush Highway, in Northeast Mesa.
Please click on saltrivertubing.com or player.vimeo.com/video/97024793, Pirates2013 and Pirates@The Salt River to view fun-filled Salt River Pirate videos on National Get Outdoors Day.
For more information about Salt River Tubing and National Get Outdoors Day (GO Day), please visit the websites at saltrivertubing.com and nationalgetoutdoorsday.org, or call (480) 984-3305.