Bicycling Day

And now, back to our previously scheduled program...

The Red Rock Classic is always fun, but I want to finish our travel blog posts before I forget too much. So we're headed back to the Netherlands (and using the WayBack Machine to go back to 11Sep15).

Friday was just about the most perfect weather we could have picked. It was definitely a day for renting bicycles so we headed for the local Bike Totaal shop in Zevenhuizen and rented a pair of nice Giant bikes. They were so nice to ride that I was tempted to take them home.

We used the map on the local bike path (fietspad) to figure out a place to head for, then basically followed our noses from point to point around Zevenhuizen.

This is a sample of one of the maps (courtesy of http://www.cycletourer.co.uk/cycletouring/holland.shtml). Junctions have numbers and you can pick any route you like by picking the next number you wish to go to. Then you follow these signs which tell you which direction to the next junction on your route.

A pair of herons was right next to the fietspad.

Linda is on a bicycle "cloverleaf" type of ramp. Instead of a simple T-style intersection, this ramp makes a gentle slope and then goes under the adjacent highway.

It's tough to find a better place to stop for lunch than this (well, some shade trees might have been nice). We packed a lunch of buttered krentenbollen (raisin buns) with sliced belegen Noord Hollandse Gouda cheese and salami together with sliced pears from the roadside stand in Tiel. Yum!

At the end of the ride we walked around Zevenhuizen for a little while. This is the main street through the town.

Back at our apartment, there was time to relax and sample a local beer before supper and an evening at Kinderdijk. (And yes, the beer was every bit as smooth and delicious as it looks!)