In 2018 RAW Camp is offering tubing trips on the Hocking River in Nelsonville to our campers.

The trip covers a placid, mile long stretch of the Hocking from Hocking Parkway to the Bike path where it intersects the river in front of Hocking College.

All campers are fitted with a life jacket and provided a sit on top float, most commonly in the form of an inflatable duck or flamingo. Trips are run with 2 staff with watercraft experience. Before trips weather radar is checked, and our guidelines have a go or no go set based on the river gauges which can be checked at the National Weather Service website. Additionally, trips may be cancelled on arrival due to any number of unfavorable conditions including but not limited to: obstructions and obstacles in the water such as downed trees, low temperatures or cloud cover that would make campers cold throughout the trip, higher or faster water conditions that were not indicated by the water level gauge, or inclement weather conditions not visible on radar.

Staff have camper medical information on them at all times, as well as access to a first aid kit and cell phones. The entire length of the trip has easy means of evacuation and is at most only a hundred or so feet from the road.

Trips run from noon to pickup, so 12:00pm to 3:30pm during regular camp days, and are billed separately from RAW camp. Additionally, due to the high variability of river conditions, and the necessary flexibility in making the go or no go decision, parents will not be billed until after a trip has completed. Trips are $25 per, and you can give permission for your child to go on a trip using this form.