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Originally Posted by Islander
I'm sure you can tell me that lots of rafters are respectful, law abiding folk. But you know the old story about the bad apples that screw things up for all.
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To start, I'm saying that I AM NOT AGAINST RAFTING AT ALL!!! But as Islander said and as I have clearly seen, people do ruin it for the rest! There's an area near us where people have gotten out of control. They drink their Corona's and dump them in the water, we found trash upon trash in the water (I went snorkeling in the area one monday), never mind the fat diaper...how about the one (or several) that are thrown behind trees because the culprit's parents can't stand the smell!
And it only get's worse! Just two weekends ago, these rafters were parking on private community property, walking across private community property (note that these people left their cars on PRIVATE PROPERTY!) and paid no attention to the community itself.
I feel bad for the boaters who just like to quietly raft and swim around their boats and picnic and are being troubled because of a choice few, but what other option is there?