I know what you’re thinkin’. “Rob has given up. He’s no longer interested in filling the souls and brains of us fashion blog consumin’ types.” Well, let me tell you. I haven’t. I’ve just been slammed. Work has been busy and I’ve started working on a new web project with a friend that is consuming a great deal of my bloggin’ time at night. K and I have also been trying to avoid the heat with by staying in theaters and close to the water. Anyway, I thought I’d take a second to tell you about a great place to tube in Oregon.

This Saturday, we woke up early (grr..), slapped on some sunscreen, mixed up some gin & juice and headed out to Carver, Oregon. It took about 40 minutes to get there from Portland and it’s best if you take two cars. One person parks at the end of the tubing run and another at the starting point. If you’re new to tubing, there’s not much you need to know. Just bring a hat, maybe some paddles and get yourself a tube with a cooler. Oh yeah, and if you can’t swim, you might wanna bring a life jacket. You probably knew that, though. As far as the tubes go, we went with some friends and we all had River Run IIs. They didn’t let us down. We even tied them together and floated as a group most of the trip. 

I’m from the South where the rivers are gross and so I was delighted to see that the Clackamas river was clean. I didn’t see the first poop log. Once we plopped ourselves in the water, we were floating for the next 4 hours. It’s an all day thing, so set aside the time. You’ll probably at least need an hour of floating in circles to sober up, too.