A couple weeks ago we took a day trip to Keukenhof in Holland to see all the Tulip Fields. We had been wanting to go for several weeks, but it always seemed to be raining the day we wanted to go. I think it took us about 3 hours to get out of the house and on our way. We've been pretty good and getting out and going places with the 3 kids, it just seems to take a lot longer. About 5 minutes after we left our house and were already in the Netherlands (we live a mile away from the border), we realized we did not have enough gas to get there and back and can only fill up at certain gas stations in Germany. SO, we had to turn around a make that little detour.
We eventually made it there. Instead of going into Keukenhof, which is famous for the flower arrangements, we decided to rent bikes and bike to the different flower fields in the area. Adeline was dying to ride her bike and was awesome for the handful of miles that we rode. At one point I decided to go off the path to get up closer to a gorgeous flower field. The girls were over by me and Abe rode his bike over to meet me. As Abe pulled up on the bike I noticed the bike trailer was missing, in which Meika was in. When I asked Abe where it was a panic came across his face and he turned around towards the road. The bike trailer was sitting by itself facing down towards a canal. I about had a mini heart attack and Abe starting sprinting towards it. I could just picture it in my head starting to roll and falling only about a foot away into the canal. Luckily he made it there and recovered the bike trailer. It really was our fault because we forgot to bring an attachment to hook it to the bike correctly. Abe rigged it to make it work, but apparently it wasn't 100% safe. Whew. Glad that didn't turn into a tragedy. After that, we decided that we had enough fun and headed back to the car.
cold and tired Norah
Just to end our day on a good note, we were only about 10 minutes away from home (still in the Netherlands) and I was thinking Abe was all of a sudden driving a little fast. Right as I was thinking that, a huge flash went off. Dumb Netherlands. I swear they have speed traps set up EVERYWHERE. Not as worried in Germany because the tickets don't cost too much. But in the Netherlands it is a different story. I guess soon we will find out how much that one will cost us!
