Serious question. I had a friend born and raised near Seattle who I invited to come on a float trip in southeast Missouri. Her mind was blown that this is a thing people do - drinking and making a ruckus while floating down a river.
In MO, this is just a thing that people do. At least in rural areas. I had no idea it was regional. So, how far across this region does the concept of float trips go?
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We just called it tubing in Wisconsin.
I’ve done sorta this in OhIo, but never with anyone who wants the ruckus part 😭 It’s been fun nonetheless
I’ve always understood a float trip to be a large group of people going down rivers in rafts or canoes while consuming large amounts of alcohol. I haven’t been on one since 2010 and honestly it’s not my thing.
Tubing the kish(waukee river) is what we called it. We once strapped a keg in inner tubed and floated with a tap. I got so drunk I lost the only hat I’ve ever loved…
I do and I love them. Last year there was one organized on the North branch of the Chicago river. Didn’t go, but I may consider it this year. My favorite spot though is near Iron Mountain, MI on the Pine river. There is a natural oxbow and put in and take out are about 4 blocks from each other. And it’s about a 3-4 float of all completely undeveloped nature. Lazy river! Going next week!
In IA. I’ve heard it called tubing, I’ve also heard it not called a name, just “take some tubes”.
I’ve never heard float trip, but we do it.
I’ve never been on one, but I can say that in KCMO, STL, and Rolla they’re pretty well known. I’ve worked at companies which have sponsored float trips before.
My man here hauling ass on hilly Ozark state highways in a school bus full of people pulling a trailer full of canoes.
Does Seattle have rivers you could easily float down? You gotta have lots of flat land to get a nice calm river.
Anyway, it’s a thing in Illinois, I know that.
I’m from the seattle area and this isn’t unheard of there but its really uncommon. A man in monroe washington used an innertube as a getaway after a bank robbery. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Curcio
Theres plenty of rivers but most of them are not suitable for this. The state touches the ocean and is divided east/west by a giant mountain range. The NW peninsula is a giant mountain range. It’s anything but flat there. My last apartment there was about 100 feet from a cliff that fell off into the puget sound.
You’re more likely to get on a boat and paddle around and drink thank just get a river and see where it takes you. I’ve spent many an afternoon drinking beers in a canoe (you can have a fishing pole as cover)
