Helen and Sautee-Nacoochee Valley

Sports and the Outdoors

Cool River Tubing. "Tube the Hootch" with Cool River Tubing, which shuttles you on a bus upriver to begin the float back to town. Choose the short (one hour) or long (two hours) float trip. Prices are $5 for a single trip of either length or $9 all day. Cool River also operates a waterslide. A combination all-day ticket for tubing and waterslide is $13. 590 Edelweiss Strasse, Helen, GA, 30545. 706/878-2665 or 800/896-4595. www.coolrivertubing.com. Late May-early Sept.