Learning to Drive
Last weekend, Gumpa gave Colin his first driving lesson. At least according to Colin:
Colin: Me drive!
Gumpa: hand still on the wheel
Colin: Move your hand!
Colin thoroughly enjoyed navigating the boat through the creek, but he did seem to have the tendancy to turn the wheel drastically to the right. We went in circles a few times. Luckily Gumpa, the second-in-command, was quick enough on the wheel to avoid objects in our path…like 100-foot yachts, docks, and fishing and leisure boats.
Notice the right-hand turn. We did this a lot!
I snapped this photo just as Gumpa was saying, “Colin, don’t you think you should watch where you’re going?”
June 24th, 2008 at 9:47 pm
Awwww….
So cute!
gumpa!!!
June 24th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
But it’s awesome that his Gumpa made him feel like such a big guy. This reminds me of one of the few non-tainted memories I have of my bio grandpa - of him letting me (at maybe 10 years old) take the controls of his plane and not caring that I made us dip a little too much and had my cousins in the back hollering “We’re gonna puke!” And, apparently, when I was Colin’s age, he did the same thing and my mom nearly puked, too!
There’s something just too cute about little guys and big machines. You could see one of L “driving” a boat if you got on Facebook!
June 25th, 2008 at 7:21 am
VERY Cute! Boats are safer than cars for learning to drive. (At least in my opinion!)
August 30th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
[...] Yesterday Gumpa took us all out to lunch on the boat. Colin talked about “boatride” with “Gumpa” for a good month or two after the last one, so he was SUPER excited to be going out again. We boated up the sound to Beaufort (about a twenty minute ride), had lunch, hit the library, and tootled back. Both children drove, which was pretty exiting for Delaney, since she opted not to drive last time. She did pretty good! She followed the boat in front of us with some over-corrective steering, but she had the right idea (unlike Colin, who has a propensity for right turns). [...]