Our first stop was at George Boldt's houseboat, www.abm.org/laduchesse.asp which he lived on summers here on the river. It was later sold to E. J. Noble (who invented the lifesaver). During the time it was owned by Mr. Noble, it sunk and was under water for three months. Mr. Noble then sold it to the McNally family of Rand/McNally World Atlas fame. Mr. McNally brought it up from the bottom of the river, refurbished it ($$$$$$$$) and the rest is history. Well, I guess the whole story is history....
La Duchesse (my little dutchess) was the name given to the boat by Mr. Boldt, as that was what he called his young daughter, Clover.
with 10 bedrooms, it was quite the party barge.....This is the screened in party room....all the floors are magnificent.
This is an original Steinway which was found behind piles of stored "stuff" in the boathouse. Fortunately it was never underwater!
As I mentioned when writing about the castle, Boldt had a great love for stained glass. This sun roof window is above the piano in the living room. 
the living room....
master bedroom suite.... 
one of the guest rooms....two rooms each shared a bath.
the dining room with fireplace.....
the kitchen.... the servant's quarters are on the bottom floor next to the kitchen. 
After our tour of the LaDuchesse....we went over to the boathouse which housed the in water fleet. Guests are able to take rides on some of these boats. 
and the Pardon Me...
This is a boat which shows the all the breakdown of how it is made and what has to be done to restore one. 
Beautiful, beautiful wooden boats!!! 
In this workshop, volunteers restore an old Garwood.....
This is a boat building class which is offered for 2 weeks during the summer.
Here is a Birch Bark Canoe.....I wish my parents were here to see exactly what I was planning to build when I stripped all the bark off our beautiful HUGE White Birch tree that stood in our front yard. Yep.....I was a bit of an Emma....always in trouble, but meaning well!!!
Last stop was a dash between raindrops to view the speedboats.....
The Chrysler Queen....
One of the first speed boats....
clocking in at 36.6 mph....
and in 1978.....
clocking at 317.6. As of yet, there has been nothing to beat this speed. The owner is working on another racer which just may break the record????
Our last stop before meeting Salt, Peter and Frances for lunch at the Koffee Kove was a stop at the woodworking shop where volunteers build Adirondack chairs which the museum sells....
This is a boat building class which is offered for 2 weeks during the summer.
Here is a Birch Bark Canoe.....I wish my parents were here to see exactly what I was planning to build when I stripped all the bark off our beautiful HUGE White Birch tree that stood in our front yard. Yep.....I was a bit of an Emma....always in trouble, but meaning well!!!
Last stop was a dash between raindrops to view the speedboats.....
The Chrysler Queen....
One of the first speed boats....
clocking in at 36.6 mph....
and in 1978.....
clocking at 317.6. As of yet, there has been nothing to beat this speed. The owner is working on another racer which just may break the record????
Our last stop before meeting Salt, Peter and Frances for lunch at the Koffee Kove was a stop at the woodworking shop where volunteers build Adirondack chairs which the museum sells....
After lunch, we bid our guests farewell and I went home for a nap!!!
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