Grab your pirate hats, and celebrate the sixth annual National Get Outdoors Day (GO Day) event at Salt River Tubing on Saturday, June 8, from 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
The primary goals of this event are reaching first-time visitors to public lands and reconnecting 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.
Salt River Tubing has been designated as a Signature National Get Outdoors Day (GO Day) site in Arizona for the sixth straight year. The GO Day event has resulted in sold out crowds the past five years.
Buccaneers enjoy pirate treasures
Salt River Tubing officials will tender free pirate bandanas to the first 500 buccaneers during National Get Outdoors Day. As an added bonus, Salt River Tubing will be giving 500 pirate treasure bags to the first 500 groups upon tube rental return. Pirate treasure bags will be filled with pirate can Koozies, pirate bandanas, public land brochures and other treasures.
The company also will award free tubing passes to participants throughout the event for the best pirate tuber costumes. Salt River Tubing’s infamous pirate line dancers will be performing hourly during the event. Live entertainment will be offered by radio station 98 KUPD, and will include water cannon battles, contests and free giveaways. Celebrate National Get Outdoors Day with a splash and extra sizzle as pirates on the Salt River. 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” said Henri Breault, President/CEO of Salt River Tubing. “The objective is 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,” he continued. “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.”
For more information about Salt River Tubing and National Get Outdoors Day (GO Day), please visit the Web sites at www.saltrivertubing.com and www.nationalgetoutdoorsday.org, or call (480) 984-3305.