ORLANDO, Fla. >> The art of laziness is strong in Florida, especially when you can get your hands on an inner tube.

The state has some great selections for hours-long tube runs, mostly connected with natural springs as the flow into the rivers.

One of the best is the Rainbow River in Dunnellon in Marion County in west Central Florida.

While Rainbow Springs State Park (https://www.floridastateparks.org/parks-and-trails/rainbow-springs-state-park) offers its own two-hour run option, the county has its own park where you can double up your time on the water.

The four-hour run lets people put in at KP Hole Park (https://parks.marionfl.org/i-want-to/visit-kp-hole-park), where you can rent tubes and get shuttled back. Costs are $30 per person, but group rates lower that to $25. A similar setup is in place at Rainbow Springs State Park, which has a $5 entrance fee per car ($4 for singles); and a shuttle fee of $24 plus tax whether you bring your own tube or not.

Tubers can laze the day away taking in stretches of quiet solitude catching herons, egrets and anhinga perched along stands of bald cypress, and the occasional run of waterfront homes.

The water is fed by 72-degree springs, so if your lungs are up for it, pepper the relaxation under the sun with some underwater forays. Turtles, fish and the occasional anhinga on its own diving adventure are likely treats to be witnessed amid sweeping grass flowing at a gentle 1 mph.

Those who just want to dangle their legs and keep their posteriors affixed for the entire run, though, can still see through the clear water, especially when migrating over to pockets of shade from the trees lining either bank.

And there’s no shame in just treating the entire trip like nature’s version of sitting back in a La-Z-Boy. If your eyes close for a minute or two, don’t worry. No judgment.

For either park, plan on getting there early on weekends and holidays as parking fills up fast, and they close when at capacity.

For KP Hole Park, there’s no personal tubes allowed except if you want to bring those designed to carry coolers. All food and drink, though, has to be in nondisposable containers. Of note, there’s no alcohol allowed on the river. Park officials have fancy sniffing devices if you try to sneak any in.

Tubing season runs through Sept. 30 at the park with rentals open from 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m., which allows for shuttle runs back to the parking lot until 5 p.m.

Those with their own watercraft like paddle boards, canoes and kayaks can put in for just the park entrance fee of $7 per person. Divers can go in for $20.

They can venture upriver about 20 minutes to Indian Creek with 3-foot-deep water, or up an additional 40 minutes to the springhead; but can also head down the four-hour run, and pay for shuttle service back.

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