Both of the girls were offered their chance to drive the boat and G. served as captain for a significant distance on the river (to and from Newburyport from the Treehouse's mooring is about 15 miles round trip) and was a competent driver this year. Captain G. had a handle on the river's buoys and navigated the faster boats' wakes well and with very little assistance. L. spent less time as captain (her choice) and still had to use the step stool to see over the helm. But she was just as happy to be the passenger kicking back in the deck chair instead to enjoy the ride.
Newburyport is a favorite summer destination (by boat of course) for the girls because they love to visit the 'fairy store' and then stop off next store at Gram's Ice Cream for an Italian slush (a family favorite that we always indulge in time and time again when we're in MA).
I took some video of G. driving the boat and even caught the bridge opening for a passing sailboat.
One of the more interesting anecdotes on this trip was a man approaching The Treehouse at the Newburyport public docks and chatting it up with Papa Guy about watching a video that featured the boat. At first Guy thought it might have been the video of he and my mom's wedding last year that got some press because they were married on the unique-looking boat at the public docks (and the ceremony included bagpipes and bell ringers so this was not an unfounded assumption). But no, apparently he ran across a silly little video I took back in 2007 of L. driving the Treehouse and posted on my family's YouTube channel.
This social media stuff makes the world a much smaller place some days -- and gives boasting rights to a boat captain who seemed pleased to have a fan of his special boat.
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