Riding on the Santa Fe Lake

In the last article I wrote, I mentioned that I went to my Grandma's house. Two weeks later I went to my other grandparents' house, mainly to ride on their boat.

My grandma and grandpa live in Gainesville, and so we drove over to the Santa Fe Lake, a huge lake in eastern Alachua County. We set my grandpa's boat in the water and stepped onto it. Pretty soon the motor was starting, and my brother and I had on our life jackets. We sped through a little river out into the lake and started driving around.

At one point, my grandpa put the boat into neutral and showed me how to drive. He showed me how to start the boat, he told me about the cord you had to put around your hand just in case of an emergency, and he showed me how to read the GPS gadget thingy.

I started up the boat and started driving around. We were only on the boat in the lake to have fun and drive around, not for fishing or transportation. As I was driving, we saw a big mansion on the shore that we started heading toward so we could get a better glimpse at it. It actually wasn't all that big, just brighter than most buildings and closer to the shore.

I eventually stopped driving and let some other people drive. My brother and I would stick our hands over the edge and let the water pour through and wet our hands.

Close to the end of our wonder ride I thought, Wouldn't it be great if you could do this every day!