Wild Mustangs, Saguaro Cactus, camaraderie and debauchery while floating down a beautiful lazy river what's not to love?
Weekends are nuts here. Weekdays a bit quieter but still tons of fun. Two of us came on a weekday last minute decision armed with a four pack of PBR tall cans purchased from the local Basha's(grocery store) down the street. The Walgreens right off the exit doesn't have much of a selection for booze I'd forego a stop here and head a mile south for the Basha's.
We had to decide if we wanted to float down the whole river or just half. It was a bit past noon and we still had to drive back to so cal so we thought we'd go down only half of it and catch the shuttle back so we can drive home at a decent time. I'd recommend setting aside a whole day for the salt river with a nice relaxing evening to recover because the sun n the booze takes a tremendous toll on you(more on this later).
A quarter way down the river a group of Pima and Navajo Native American local girls rescued us as we drifted off course and were guilessly entangled in trees. They adopted us making jokes about how they were our Pocohontas and Sakajawea's. These girls were salt river pros and they had an unhealthy amount of alcohol with them which they generously and enthusiastically shared. Wahoo!! The salt river is best enjoyed with alcohol in hand and two tall cans of PBR per person is not enough. They navigated the river and we all proceeded to get baked by the sun enjoying the camaraderie.
We ended our float trip with a sighting of wild mustangs drinking from the river. There must have been ten or more mustangs. We floated right by them. It was such a majestic sight! The girls said you only see them on the weekdays because it's too rowdy on the weekends and people scare them away. How Lucky!
We were having so much fun relaxing and enjoying the scenery that we ended up floating down the river the whole day and were the very last ones on the last shuttle.
Make sure you watch your time because the shuttle waited around for us but I was told that if it gets too late they will leave people behind.
An amazingly inexpensive and relaxing way to spend the day with nature. Unfortunately our drive home didn't fare so well. My floating partner consumed way too much alcohol and proceeded to throw up almost the entire 6 hour drive home. Didn't get home till 2 am and I had to pull over and stop almost 20 times for barf by the road sessions. Epic!!