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Travel: 5 ways to float a river this summer.

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float the river portland

Have you ever hopped in a river and made a day of twisting and turning along a watery path? Was it a lazy affair in an inner tube (perhaps with a floating cooler attached by rope)? Or were you going for the gold on some harsh rapids? Just for fun, here are five fantastic ways to float down a river…in case you get the hankering this summer. I’m feeling inspired for a road-trip already! Ready, set, FLOAT…

Above: White water raft the White Salmon River in Portland, Oregon

float the river mexico

Life-jackets in the River of Xcaret in Riviera Maya, Mexico

float the river hawaii

Inner tube the Lihue Plantation canals in Kauai, Hawaii

float the river arkansas

Canoe the Buffalo River in Ponca, Arkansas

float the river waterbom bali

Man-made currents in the Waterbom Bali Waterpark in Bali, Indonesia

Which would you choose?

(White Salmon River photo via Roadtrippers.  River of Xcaret photo via Beach Rove. Lihue Plantation photo via Roadtrippers. Buffalo River photo via Buffalo Outdoor Center. Waterbom Bali photo via Travel with Bender.)