PRINTFamily BBQ v. Float Trip
July 1, 2009 | 12:00 p.m. CST
You can stuff your face with free food alongside the family, or you can indulge in some floating shenanigans with buddies this Fourth of July. You choose.
Pros
BBQ:
If your family likes to go big, you can look forward to free BBQ, shrimp plates, snow cone machines and potentially illegal fireworks. Plus, Fourth of July face-time with the family might count as a free pass out of Thanksgiving dinner.
Floating:
Canoes, coolers and a lazy river — is there a better way to celebrate being a proud American? Just remember that American flag bandannas and bikinis are necessities for true patriots.
Cons
BBQ:
Just stay clear of Uncle Bob’s graphic, albeit slurred, tales of the time he shot and gutted a deer in Arkansas or Ma’s hysterical admonitions not to lose a finger messin’ with those fireworks.
Floating:
Beer in, beer out, as they say, but because they don’t have Port-A-Potties in the great outdoors, you might want to stay upstream of the group. Alternative on-shore excursions may result in the risk of encountering a slithering snake (or two).
VOX pick
Pesky bugs and snake encounters aside, we give the float trip option our vote. Just remember to slather on the sunscreen and elect a “sober floater.”
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