River tubing with young kids?

[Anonymous]

I did it with younger kids. As others have said, depends on the river. Flat slow shallow is totally fine. Whitewater rafting…no. In the brandywine, where I took the kids, the water was inches deep in most places.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Harper's Ferry? Tubing in WV is basically a floating frat party. It's a bunch of 20-somethings floating down the river getting drunk. Like, drinking a fifth of vodka straight out of the bottle kind of drunk.

In other words, it's not a family-friendly environment.

+1

Have to agree. Similar to the Disney crowd - LOTS of tattoos. Not that there is anything wrong with that, of course.

[Anonymous]

We tube in the Patapsco and Yeoughiogheny River and it is fine. Kids are 5 and 15.

[Anonymous]

Please keep your kids off the river until they’re old enough for me to bum a smoke off them.