which river would suit my friend and i more for tubing?

[TangoUniform]

Originally Posted by SnappyBob

I suggest that you wait about a week before coming here to ask these questions. I can predict three scenarios for your visit concerning the river. One, the river will be dry. Two the river will be flooded and all access will be prohibited. Or three we will get just enough rain to make it nice by then and your choices will be limitless. Either way, I wouldn't make any decisions this early. It might be interesting to pull this thread up on the weekend that you arrive and see which prediction came true, if any.

Or you can just float the Comal and avoid #1 and #2. The Comal is spring fed so the water level rarely changes. Even in the worst drought I've never seen it below an unfloatable level. The Guadalupe on the other hand, can not only get slow, but can flat out dry up in some places.

I suggest floating the Comal and getting in at Landa Falls. It's the longest float on the river, and you can bring your own tube and get in for just $10 (and get a ride back). If you're going this weekend, it will be crowded but it won't be the clusterf**k that July 4th weekend will be. Bring your sunscreen and Bud Light Lime.

[haveblue]

Im a young 25 year old and work in the bar industry. I suggest Comal. Thats where everyone goes to that I know.

[Eleanor Rigby]

I third (or however many) the Comal. It's much better right now than the Guad. People I know who've gone to the Guad lately were having to get up and walk across the dry spots. Not fun.

Comal is shorter, but that means you can go twice.

[Reallybigshoe]

Originally Posted by LeavingLA2010

we are spending time in austin and san antonio and would like to spend a saturday tubing and relaxing in september. we are both 25 year old females and would rent the cooler to bring drinks (teacher and nurse here, and no plans to vomit in the river...) i cannot figure out if we should go on the comal, or go on the guadapule. we also want to stop in gruene briefly on the back to austin for a late lunch/early dinner at the gristmill (memories of that place for me). basically any ideas which one we should pick? i would actually go to both if we had time, but we dont unfortunately. thanks

I'd like to recommend River Inn Resort out of Hunt, Texas. Google it. My family has owned a condo there for years. The Guadalupe is dammed up there near it's source, so it's never too low. September is awesome there. It's a very relaxed atmosphere and both Kerrvile and Fredricksburg are only a hop, skip, and a jump away. Definately go into Fredricksburg and check out the beer garden, along with the German bakeries. If you like museums there's a great little WW2 museum there too.

I go up there every chance I get.