It was a great trip. We did School House back to Buckley's and it was about 3 1/2 hrs. Lots to see…read moreincluding turtles and fish as well as the Eagle that flew over. We did a tandem kayak. Stopped on the side for lunch. It's rocky so Wear shoes but shallow enough that it is t all mucky like some rivers. Reasonably price. Would choose them again.

Great service, they know the river and will help pick the right trip for your crew or day. We have…read moredone short paddles just to get out and longer packing a picnic. They know exactly when to have you call for timely pick ups downriver.

Crystal Lake is an all-sports spring-fed lake in the Township of Crystal, Michigan, near Carson…read moreCity. It is 724 acres in size and 70 feet deep at the deepest point. It is approximately eight miles around by walking or driving. Our daughter-in-law's parents have invited us often to join them at their cottage on Crystal Lake. It is great for boating, kayaking, water skiing, jet skiing, swimming, fishing, and more. Sometimes it gets almost too busy but early mornings are always calm and the best time to sit out and enjoy a cup of coffee. Over the years we have had fierce debates over whether there are actually fish in the lake but some fish have been pulled out once in a while...sometimes even keepers! It is only about an hour from Lansing and two hours from Detroit; a relatively short drive compared to the similar lakes much farther up north. Now back to my nothing box (google it) to stare at the lake.

While we had a great weekend with our friends at our 5th annual kayak/tubing trip. Russell's Canoe…read moreand Livery in Omer Michigan will never see us again!! We can put up with the disorganized office, the fact they pack as many campers/tents in basically a parking lot called a campground, the equipment you pay top dollar for is old and falling apart. The last straw is when you have packed up and trying to dump your camper to leave and Russell's have busses parked in front of the clean out area. As a PAYING CUSTOMER just wanting to use a service YOU PAID FOR....you ask them to move the busses forward and the employee says..."nope we have a business to run." Then you go to the office only to be laughed at and treated so rudely because you just want to empty your camper and go home! We always try to support family owned businesses but not businesses who treat you this poorly. NEVER AGAIN!!

I wish I could give this service 0 stars...but yelp expects at least 1. They call themselves the…read moreG.O.A.T (greatest of all time) but really....they are the absolute W.O.A.T. (Worst of all time) I don't even know where to begin. We called to reserve a tubing trip for the day and was put on hold mid reservation to assist others customers. When we arrived, 20 minutes before our scheduled time we had to circle the parking lot multiple to find a parking space...next to the tents that is supposed to be a campground. Thank goodness we didn't camp. We proceed to walk around trying to chase an employee down to find someone to direct us to the office to pay...couldn't find a single person. We finally found the office...full of unmasked employees and terrible customer service. After waiting in line we were told that we didn't have a reservation and proceeded to book us a new reservation...for an hour later. The lady who helped us was nice but could not keep her head on straight. Bouncing back and forth between tube numbers and cash deposit amounts we were finally set. After an hour of waiting we asked an employee if we were going to be put on a bus and the employee rudely told us to wait our turn. Chill Jake. We just want to know if we're going tubing. After waiting for over an hour, we were put on a bus, full of unmasked employees and customers. We had multiple people around us also complain about the insane customer service they received. You wouldn't think it could get any worse but unfortunately it does. Once we arrived at the river it was a complete sh!t show. It was almost like a scene from hunger games. Massive amounts of people thrown into the mountain of tubes fighting their way into the water. There were definitely many "Karen's" around us letting us know that they were next to get into the river. We ended up taking a small walk down river to jump into our tubes. The float was nice. No employees were involved which really helped. Not only was the service terrible but it's also stupid expensive for a tube. Overall. Don't float with the G.O.A.T. Find somewhere else or buy some tubes and build a river. It will be 100 times better.

We really enjoyed meeting Stacie and borrowing her tandem kayak which was perfect for my daughter…read moreand me. We spent about 1.5 hours from the nature center to the Tridge. We were able to relax for the first half of the journey. Beautiful weather and enjoyed the beautiful scenery. Our highlight was the bald eagle, turtles and fish!

Set up an online rental with Stacie for August 12th 2 hour indian River kayaking. 20 minutes prior…read moreStacie cancelled stating she's having issues with the local government. I was bummed and asked for a refund. She said it would come through in a few days. A week later no refund no response or contact. Stay away from this "business"

I haven't been to any of the other campgrounds in the area so I can't speak for them but, I really…read moreliked Riverbend. We chose this campground over others because we have 2 small kids and the reputation of the other ones in the area were for being party campgrounds and I didn't want to deal with loud drunk people all night. We were allowed to rent a spot in the seasonal area because they were out of electric sites and my kids needed night lights so they made an exception. I really appreciated how the staff went above and beyond what I expected. I can't speak highly enough about how nice the staff were. The park didn't have strict check in or check out times which was nice because we weren't rushed to pack up and leave. The bathrooms were always really clean and the sites seemed very maintained. Our tubing trip was amazing. They have a big bus that takes you to the drop in site and the tubing run ends right at the campground. The tubes we rented were reasonably priced and in good condition. You can't bring your own wood into the park but they sell a row of wood for $25. We purchased one row on Friday and we had leftovers from it on Sunday so it's not overpriced and you get a lot for $25. I liked that they had wifi for the park. Considering you don't get great cell signal in the park, the wifi made it so I could text out, stream music, and surf the Internet. I honestly can't say enough good things about this campground. It is wildly underrated on yelp!

My family and I have been coming here for 8-9 years now camping/tubing... This year will be my last…read morecoming back here, the unorganized mess I had to deal with between checking in, paying and lack of training in their employees was beyond me. The prices have went up absurdly we paid hundreds and HUNDREDS ($350+ before tubes) just to camp at the Riverbend!! They haven't upgraded anything here the showers are still ran down now with black mold on the walls, tubes weren't holding air, missing the plugs, one tube had THREE patches, the high current areas in the river are NOT cleaned up and have huge trees so be prepared to get tangled up while trying to unhook from your group in the high current spots, the tubes even have black mold on the bottom I noticed when one of ours was flipped. When we asked if our family could come down and see us at our campsites they were told "yeah for $25 a person" (so another $150 after they just paid to tube here $220 and we had three sites booked staying), we were also charged ADULT pricing for a FIVE YEAR OLD. Buzz is the ONLY employee that listened to our concerns, Mr Button up collar shirt in the office avoided my bf when he seen how annoyed we were with how everything has been going. They also put in speed bumps so high up going 5mph we still bottomed out our vehicle on them and thankfully it didn't ruin our car (that we know of). If you really want to tube here you're better off renting an Airbnb and parking at the front for bus pick up because it's the same pricing for rentals on a walk in that it is for paying and staying customers. Everytime we turned around it felt like someone was asking us to swipe our card!! I'm surprised it's not $5 per entry and exit of the campground

Alright guys this is a smaller owned campground with a group of regular workers. They deal with…read moredrunk people all day so they are allowed a mistake here and there. I have been coming for 7 years and it's my favorite place to go as it truly has the rustic vibe. Calling and scheduling is old school which I love. The ladies aren't crabby at the counter either they are all Very nice. Getting through can be hard but I just kept calling as I knew they were probably busy. I will be back this year as it's always a blast!

This place is nice. I stayed in a cabin and it was nice and comfortable. They need a bigger table…read moreand a better fan though because it was very hot. We went next door to river view which we normally stay at and did the river trip. The bathrooms with the showers are kinda dirty and I recommend using the "community" bathroom for the cabins. That bathroom is very nice and clean. Staff is very nice. 4-5 stars!

Fun time! We had a great day with our kids tubing! I did take a star off because they need to…read moreautomate their system instead of pen and paper... but everything else was great!

Easy to book and had a really fun time. We went in August and the weather was perfect!read more