tiffany l

Review of Tumalo Creek Acoustics

This was my first time ever doing a river float! ...

This was my first time ever doing a river float! coming from hawaii, it's kind of an odd thing to do, but it seems popular, so we wanted to try it.

overall it was fairly well organized. we came mid July on a hot weekday afternoon at 2pm- we were really glad that it was 88 degrees out which was perfect, because the water is absolutely frigid! it feels like ice water, but they said the temp is in the 50s. your butt gets wet on the float (which is okay when it's hot out), and the tube is really huge so it's a little difficult to paddle yourself around, but we managed to do enough hand paddling to stay out of the weeds since the wind can blow you to the side. the "fish ladder" rapids get you WET totally. but that was very fun and some people were doing it again. the whole river cruise is perfect even for the water averse, since most of the waterway looked like it was no more than waist deep.

the "park and float" time from arriving there, riding shuttle and then into the water was about 30 minutes since it was popular today (the large bus holds about 50 people). it did seem to come every 15 minutes.

they do sell 50-60$ sandals or 25-35$ waterproof phone bags if you need it. I was worried about drinking water, but we did fine without, just a one hour float to midway and then we got out and walked back to the rental spot 2 blocks away which worked nicely. it's fantastic that they will hold your car keys for you, so you really don't need anything.

the staff was great and you play a little bumper cars on the river, but it was an enjoyable time for our group.