MOUNTAIN BREEZE CAMPGROUND
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Join us for our annual Texas Tubing Trip on the Guadalupe river. We get in the river Saturday morning at approx 10:00am and tube most of the afternoon. It is also a fun camping weekend, as we campout Friday and Saturday night. You can choose to camp one or both nights, or you can just meet us in the morning and tube during the day.
This is a fun trip we do with all the YAP cities in Texas, so come out and meet some new people from all over the state.
It's a very easy trip, as you can show up and pay at the campground without a reservation. We set up in the far north overflow camping area. It is $20 for the weekend to camp, whether you stay one night or two. Tube rentals are $15 per day. The campground has hot showers and a restaurant on site. This event is BYOB.
This trip is weather dependent, so if the Guadalupe river is not safe because of floods, we will not go. Or if the weather is obviously going to be very bad over the weekend, we will cancel the trip. Since you can just show up without a reservation, we can reschedule the trip if need be.
Storms in the area are very brief so even if the forecast is for rain we'll go. It's only if there is extraordinarily bad weather we'll cancel.
RULES OF THE RIVER - http://www.wordcc.com/
This year, no additional laws or rules have been adopted in the areas on the Guadalupe River below the Guadalupe River State Park near Spring Branch all the way down to the crossing in Gruene including Canyon Lake.
No Glass or Foam Products on the Water (up to $500 fine)
No Trespassing, Respect Private Property (up to $500 fine)
No Littering (up to $500 fine)
Drink responsibly- Public Intoxication and Minor in Possession laws will be enforced. Officers are present all along the river!
GETTING THERE
MOUNTAIN BREEZE: is North 8 miles from the Shell Station
at the intersection of Highway 46 & River Road.
River Rd makes a hard right turn at the River Road Ice House, 1.8 miles from the Shell Station. MAKE SURE YOU DON'T MISS THIS TURN!!!!!
MAP - so you don't get lost!!!
FROM HOUSTON: I-10 to Hwy 46 (New Braunfels Exit 607 in Seguin) right on 46, travel 18 miles to River Road at the Shell Station.
Turn right on River Road, and travel 8 more miles.
FROM DALLAS-AUSTIN: I-35 to Hwy 46 (New Braunfels Exit 189), right on 46 to River Road, turn right at the Shell, drive up river 8 more miles.
CORPUS CHRISTI-SAN ANTONIO: I-35 N to Hwy. 46
(New Braunfels Exit 184), make left on to 46 and travel to River Road
(Do Not Take the Boerne Exit). Turn left at the Shell onto River Road,
drive 8 more miles.
WHAT TO BRING
- TUBING
- Swimsuit
- River Shoes
- Sunblock
- Lunch (or money to buy on the river)
- Cooler (NO STYROFOAM!!!)
- Ice
- Drinks/Water (NO GLASS!!!!)
- River Stuff (koozie, water gun, jello shots)
- CAMPING
- Tent
- Camp Chair
- Air Mattress
- Sleeping Bag/Linens
- Flashlight(s)/Lantern
- Camp Table
- Camp Stove
- Grill - NO GROUND FIRES ALLOWED
- Cooler(s)
- Food/Plates/Utensils
- Drinks/Koozies
- Bug Spray/Ant Powder
- Graham Crackers/Chocolate Bars/Marshmallows
- Extra Clothes
- Towel & Shower items
COST
It is $20 for the weekend to camp. It's $15 a tube (not including a shared tube for your cooler). If you get a group to pay all at once every 4 ppl get a free cooler tube. If you show up to just tube, you don't have to pay to park. Tube rental also includes the shuttle to and from the river.
ARRIVAL
You can show up at anytime and get into the campground (they don't shut the gates), so no worries if you come late. However, they stop collecting money at 1am. If you show up after 1am, you will need to go to the office, first thing in the morning, to get a wristband and a parking pass.
FINDING US
Follow the map and you shouldn't have any problems finding us. Here are a few other ways to locate our group:
- When you drive in, tell the person at the gate you are with the YAP group. Ask where we are.
- If you come in at night, stop off at the volleyball court and ask around for some YAP people. There are ALWAYS people down there playing until they kick us off around 3am.
- We are not going to be in the same spot as last year.....another LARGE group has reserved it that weekend.
- We will have YAP signs on some of our cars. So worst case you can look at each car parked for a white sign with black letters that says YAP. I also will try to have some signs near the campground so look at the posts by the cars for a sign.
CARPOOLING
A lot of people prefer to carpool. If you wish to share a ride, or are looking for a ride, post in the "discuss in forums". People want to leave and arrive at all sorts of times though.
ARRIVAL TIMES
There is a group that will arrive early on Friday and do a short tube trip that afternoon. Most people from Dallas are coming Friday. A lot of people from San Antonio or Austin may decide to come in Saturday morning instead. We have a heck of a good time Friday night, so I recommend spending the night. Plus, it's less hassle finding us in the morning.
For those wanting to meetup with us Saturday morning, I recommend you arrive NO LATER THAN 9:30am. We always aim to get going around 10am which gets us off the campground by 10:30 and into the river at 11am.
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS or NEED A TENT TO SLEEP IN?
Please post in the "discuss in forums" link for the event. We'll all try to answer.
We have also put together a website for our trip to share with others and help make it a big & fun event:
http://www.guadalupetubingtrip.com