Visual Evidence
Thanks to Bill Low, we have pictures of Catie’s success yesterday.
She started by feeding swans at the fuel dock in East Gloucester while we stocked up on diesel:

When she got suited up at the dive site, Dad Tom Childress gave her a final buddy check:

She did a giant stride off the swim platform just as though she’d been doing them for years:

She swam back to the downline to meet her buddy, Peter:

After the dive, she made it back to the swim platform:

Great work, kiddo.