A group of my old college friends and I used to rent rafts and “Shoot the Hooch” every summer until they shut down the operation in 2002 because of pollution in the Chattahoochee River. They re-opened it a few years later but we just never picked the tradition back up again. I mentioned this to Cristi a few weeks ago and we decided that we wanted to go on a nice weekend but were surprised that Shoot the Hooch was charging $25 a person to rent a raft at their Atlanta locations when you can rent a tube for $5 at Cool River Tubing Company in Helen, GA. After a little research, we found out that Shoot the Hooch is a total rip-off and you can rent tubes from other places in Atlanta for much less. We went to a place called $10 River Tubing off of Abbotts Bridge Rd. this weekend and did the 2 hour trip for just $10 a person. We had a BLAST and highly recommend it. We’re going to do the 4 hour trip next time. The website for more information is http://www.gorivertubing.com/
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There is also a place at the headwaters of the Chattahoochee River in Buford called Up the River Outfitters. They have 2 hour, 4 hour and 6 hour trips. Their tubes already have the bottoms made into the tube and they give you a paddle for $9.00 on the weekdays and $12.00 on the weekends. They were PACKED this Labor Day Weekend. We took the 4 our trip because its the only trip they allow alcohol on. it was AWESOME!!
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