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8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Lynda Breault
Vice President
Salt River Tubing & Recreation
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ARRR! Ahoy ye Buccaneers! Grab your pirate hats and celebrate the 6th Annual National Get Outdoors Day (GO Day) event at Salt River Tubing on Saturday, June 8th, 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. in Mesa, Arizona. Prime goals of the event will be reaching first-time visitors to public lands and reconnecting our 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. The GO Day event has resulted in sold-out crowds the past five years! Salt River Tubing is located in northeast Mesa, just seven minutes from the 202 East loop on north Power Road/Bush Highway in Tonto National Forest, Arizona.
PIRATE TREASURES FOR BUCCANEERS!

Salt River Tubing officials will tender FREE Pirate Bandanas to the first 500 buccaneers during National Get Outdoors Day. The Company will also 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 98 KUPD radio station, including water cannon battles, contests and free giveaways. Celebrate National Get Outdoors Day with a splash and extra sizzle at Pirates on the Salt River! Yo Ho Ho and a bottle of water!

Henri Breault, President/C.E.O. of Salt River Tubing, says “the success of the Forest Service’s “More Kids in the Woods” program encouraged a national partnership with the American Recreation Coalition (ARC) 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 water ways. 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.” National co-sponsors of the GO Day event are the American Recreation Coalition, USDA Forest Service, Coleman Company and the Clif Bar Company.
In 2012, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer issued an official Great Outdoors Month proclamation that stated “ The State of Arizona has varied landscapes that include expansive desert, thick forests, emerald waters and towering mountains and that through biking, swimming, hiking and many other activities, we are able to enjoy the healthy benefits of outdoor recreation." Governor Brewer proclaimed June 2012 as Great Outdoors Month and invited Arizonans to join her in this opportunity to celebrate and experience the natural splendor of Arizona, and renew our commitment to conserve our natural resources. It is anticipated that a 2013 Great Outdoors Month Proclamation by President Obama and Governor Jan Brewer will be forthcoming at the end of May.

For more information about Salt River Tubing and National Get Outdoors Day (GO Day), please visit their websites at www.saltrivertubing.com and http://www.nationalgetoutdoorsday.org or call (480) 984-3305. Daily operating hours at Salt River Tubing are 9:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. The cost of tube rental is $17 per person/tube which includes inner tube rental and shuttle bus service. Children must be eight years or older and at least four feet tall for tube rental and shuttle bus service. Glass containers are prohibited by law in the Lower Salt River Recreational Area and will be confiscated. Ice chests and coolers will be inspected for glass containers before boarding shuttle buses. Please be responsible and appoint a designated driver before your tubing adventure. Drugs, alcohol and the Salt River do not mix….play it safe and just don’t do it!

www.saltrivertubing.com

9200 N. Bush Hwy/N Power Rd
Mesa, Arizona 85215