Well the "weather radar" this morning said there would be a shower at noon and for the rest the weather would be fine. We left at 11:00 on a route mapped out by cousin Jaap that would be about 60 km long - through the bush and we should be at a coffee shop (aka Tim Hortons)by noon so we should be able to stay dry. Needless to say, it took a bit to figure out the number system of all the bike routes and we were not at said coffee shop by noon so out came the rain gear - it works well and we looked like drowned rats when we stopped at a motel/hotel in Ede for a long awaited cup of coffee. Prices at Tim Hortons are cheap compared to what coffee costs here in Holland. Mind you it does come with a "free"cookie...to eat with the 3 swallows of coffee that you get....
We cycled through lots of beautiful countryside in the Bennekom area - lots to see and not enough time to see it all. We arrived back in Bennekom around 3:30 not having gone the 60 km. because we had another rain shower and had to get out the rain gear once again. I will admit that cycling in the rain is not much fun. Small towns in Holland are neat places to be in...the "vis maart" caravan shows up and parks in the middle of town and those loving fish can buy to their heart's content. Joe bought himself a "lekker bekkje" - he said it was delicious....I will try one later this week - I'm sure we will see more of this when the whole group arrives. Tomorrow we leave Bennekom to travel to the northern part of Holland - both Joe and I come from that area so we will check out our roots and visit with family there. A week tomorrow the whole group will be here...
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