LISA CARBERG TAKES US ALONG FOR
THE PIRATE ADVENTURE ON THE
CONNECTICUT RIVER.
REPORTER: WE WENT OUT ON THE
CONNECTICUT RIVER IN SEARCH OF
CAPTAIN KIDD'S TREASURE.
IT IS ONE OF THE MANY ADVENTURES
OFFERED BY THE ESSEX STEAM TRAIN
AND RIVERBOAT.
OK, WELCOME ABOARD.
REPORTER:
OUR ADVENTURE BEGINS
BY RAIL AT ESSEX STEAM TRAIN.
WASHER STEP.
REPORTER: WITH THE EXCITED AND
CURIOUS, READY TO HAVE
SWASHBUCKLING FUN.
WHO IS READY FOR AN ADVENTURE
TODAY?
REPORTER: THE SEARCH FOR CAPTAIN
KIDD'S TREASURE BRINGS US TO A
RIVERBOAT ON THE CONNECTICUT
RIVER.
YOU GUYS SET FOR A FUN DAY?
WELCOME ABOARD.
REPORTER: ON BOARD, WE ENCOUNTER
PIRATES.
AND AN ADVENTURER NAMED CHARLIE
STEEL.
YOU SEE THIS BEAUTIFUL MAP?
REPORTER: WHO HAS SOME SORT OF A
TREASURE MAP.
LEGEND SAYS HE BURIED THE
TREASURE SOMEWHERE HERE ON THE
CONNECTICUT RIVER.
REPORTER: AND THIS EXPERIENCE
WAS NOT JUST FOR THE CHILDREN.
CAPTAIN IS OFF, I MET -- I'M
SCARED OF HIM.
I DON'T WANT TO START NO MUTINY
OR NOTHING.
THESE GUYS ARE AWESOME.
REPORTER: CAN WE TELL THE PEOPLE
AT HOME IF WE FIND TREASURE ON
THE CRUISE?
THAT IS UP TO THE CAPTAIN.
REPORTER:
THE FUN CONTINUES WHEN
CAPTAIN KIDD ARRIVES ON DECK.
ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS ASK.
I GREW UP HUNTING THE
TREASURE ON CHARLES ISLAND.
WE SPENT MANY AFTERNOONS GOING,
IS THIS A CLUE?
NOW THAT WE GET TO DO IT WITH MY
NIECES AND NEPHEW, IT IS A LOT
OF FUN.
REPORTER: FUND THAT INCLUDES C
CHANTING'S -- SEE SHANTI.
THE SEARCH FOR TREASURE IS PART
OF THE FUN, BUT IT IS A GORGEOUS
DAY TO BE OUT ON THE CONNECTICUT
RIVER.
WE PASSED GILLETTE CASTLE STATE
PARK AND SPOTTED A BALD EAGLE.
AND WHEN
WE RETURNED TO THE
SHORE, WE WERE GREETED BY
CONNECTICUT RIVER MERMAIDS, WHO
WERE HAPPY TO POSE FOR PICTURES
WITH THE YOUNG ADVENTURERS.
I GOT TO WALK THE PLANK.
I CAN TELL YOU, WE HAD A BLAST.
TO SEE ALL OF THE EXCURSIONS BUT
THE ESSEX STEAM TRAIN AND
