So do you call the people who “float” the river “floaters?”  Or “tubists.”  Or “tubers?”  Not sure I’d want to be referred to as a floater.  Gross.

“So did you go to the river?”

“Yeah, but it was really dirty”

“How do you know?”

“It was full of floaters”

Gross.

It’s late – what do you want from me?

Since I’m not allowed to launch inside a national park I had to hike down to the river edge from the road and launch from there. That’s Harpers Ferry in the distance on the left.