Bathing Suit Check, Cooler Check, Starfish 
shaped tube check?! This weekend we went tubing at Butts Tubes with a group of friends and it was so much fun! I wanted to fill everyone in because this place is awesome and less expensive then the ever popular River Riders. We made reservations which is definitely the way to go (there were huge lines that we didn't have to wait in). It was $28 (you can also bring your own tube and pay $15 for a lifejacket and the shuttle) and we could go on the river as many times as we wanted (It's about 1.5 hours a trip). They say you can't have alcohol on the river but if its in a cooler they don't check so be sure to take some cocktails. One of the girls with us bought the PERFECT beer tube it was a baby's tube so it only had two little whole for legs in the center so it held the cooler in and even had a canopy to keep or drinks nice and frosty, it was also starfish shaped...we named it Carlos (after the baby in hangover) it was so perfect.you can also rent coolers and tubes there but they are not as fun) haha.
My suggestion for the best way to enjoy and make it a fun-filled day is arrive around 11am (leave the Arlington area 10ish & make sure to pack food for lunch and rinks in your cooler)) check-in and get your lifejackets then you'll wait for a bus and get your tubes. The bus takes you over the state line into West Virginia and you go tubing down the Shenandoah. They drop you off you tube down the river and then there's a get out point and some picnic tables, stop eat some lunch then take the shuttle back up to the start point and do it again!!! If you see some small paids make sure your butts up or you might hit a rock! We had a great day but only got to go once due to the incoming thunderstorms! Hubby and I want to find a Carlos of our own because he went back to New Jersey with his mom ;)
shaped tube check?! This weekend we went tubing at Butts Tubes with a group of friends and it was so much fun! I wanted to fill everyone in because this place is awesome and less expensive then the ever popular River Riders. We made reservations which is definitely the way to go (there were huge lines that we didn't have to wait in). It was $28 (you can also bring your own tube and pay $15 for a lifejacket and the shuttle) and we could go on the river as many times as we wanted (It's about 1.5 hours a trip). They say you can't have alcohol on the river but if its in a cooler they don't check so be sure to take some cocktails. One of the girls with us bought the PERFECT beer tube it was a baby's tube so it only had two little whole for legs in the center so it held the cooler in and even had a canopy to keep or drinks nice and frosty, it was also starfish shaped...we named it Carlos (after the baby in hangover) it was so perfect.you can also rent coolers and tubes there but they are not as fun) haha. My suggestion for the best way to enjoy and make it a fun-filled day is arrive around 11am (leave the Arlington area 10ish & make sure to pack food for lunch and rinks in your cooler)) check-in and get your lifejackets then you'll wait for a bus and get your tubes. The bus takes you over the state line into West Virginia and you go tubing down the Shenandoah. They drop you off you tube down the river and then there's a get out point and some picnic tables, stop eat some lunch then take the shuttle back up to the start point and do it again!!! If you see some small paids make sure your butts up or you might hit a rock! We had a great day but only got to go once due to the incoming thunderstorms! Hubby and I want to find a Carlos of our own because he went back to New Jersey with his mom ;)
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