Innertubes

Floating down the river on a tube is a favorite activity of mine. Its so relaxing. The thought of ever running into very swift water scares me though.

 

We used to use inner tubes a lot when we were kids. I don't know if they even make such things any more, because i believe that most of the tires nowadays are the tubeless kind. But they are a lot of fun to float around in, as long a you are being careful not to get out into faster moving water and not be able to get back.

Some people do go tubing down creeks and rivers, and as long as it is a fairly safe river, and you have a life jacket, just in case you do get dumped out and have to swim for the shore, then that is probably fun, too. I have never done that myself, but I know of places that have that kind of an event every year. Sometimes, people tie ropes to the inner tube and pull you along behind a boat. I have never done that either, but as long as you have the proper life vest, this would probably be fun, too.

 

My dad use to be a mechanic for the public transit system and he use to bring home old bus inner tubes. He use to patch them up and let us use them to go swimming. They were huge. Several kids could actually sit on them at one time.

 

It can be very fun and relaxing...got to be some reason why "lazy rivers" are so popular, right? I generally prefer more active water sports/activities but nothing wrong with a good float occasionally.

 

To me, truck inner tubes are more fun on snow. They're fast and shock absorbing. They can also bounce you off if you hit a particularly nasty bump but, as long as nothing gets broken, it's all a part of the fun.