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Do you know what a float trip is? (midwest.social)

submitted 1 year ago by pelotron@midwest.social to c/askmidwest@midwest.social

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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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[–] OofShoot 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.

[–] b0b89@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

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)

[–] pelotron@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago

This is a good point and probably explains it.