Tubing the Delaware River

Me Mom treated us to a fun tubing adventure on our first full day of our vacation. The five of us headed out to the Delaware River for a fun day in the sun. Ben enjoyed the short bus ride to the launch point, but quickly became skittish when he glimpsed the wide, vast river and realized that we wanted him to float in a wee-little tube. He shouted and scratched his way into my lap and insisted it was "too scary" on his own.




At the half-way point, we stopped for lunch with the Famous Hot Dog Man. After standing in a 45 minute line for the (so-called) famous hot dogs, we scarfed our meals and discovered that one of our tubes (a two seater) had been hi-jacked. So, there we were, on an island, in the middle of the Delaware River, with five people and only three tubes. We did what anyone else would do and stole someone else's tubes as well as some rope (and got caught) and continued our journey.


Ben still insisted on sitting in my lap for the second leg of the journey. Then, Ace decided he was scared too and joined us. The added weight was forcing me into a bit of a crunch position, and while I appreciate abdominal exercises, I wasn't thrilled with the idea of doing another hour and a half on the river like this. So, I offered up ice cream to any boy that was willing to ride in his own tube for the rest of the adventure. It's amazing how ice cream can diminish a wee person's fear. They both scattered to their own seats and low and behold...they realized it was fun!

We spent the second leg of the trip relaxing and laughing and taking in the scenery and just enjoying one another's company. And then, Ace fell asleep, in his tube, snoring loudly. It was an awesome adventure. Check out the rest of our pictures here.