Fun boating
In other places, it would be called "Gunkholing", exploring coves and inlets, maybe dropping anchor for a swim or lunch. Slowly. The intricacies of navigation are way over rated. You look at the chart and the dotted line says go close to shore, or it says go wide around the buoy or between the buoys and away from shore. You don't have to go fast to enjoy boating, and if you're going slow, you can enjoy your moving picnic and the scenery. Take some pictures. They don't come out as good at 30 knots as they do at 8 knots. Just don't go 15 kts and raise a big wake.
I bet your neighbors (maybe you won't know them yet) would love to go out with you (best to learn: you drive, your boat) and give you some local knowledge. Do you/they fish? There's a match made in heaven. Fish in the early am, take your family out after lunch, 'cuz now you know where to go.
My kids used to think it was an adventure to get up early and go out to eat breakfast and watch the sunrise (bowl of Cheerios). We only went a few hundred yards but it was a boating adventure. Sunset cruises too. Slow with hors d'oeuvres, you don't have to go far from home and the conversation is better at slow speeds. Invite the neighbor on the other side who doesn't fish.
Boating is so much more than going fast from A to B and in a day or two, you'll learn what fits you.
Then, you can go fast to get where they sell ice cream.
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