As iconic as windmills in the Netherlands/Holland are…pictures can’t even begin to do them justice. We hit the most beautiful day to see the windmills. They were literally amazing!
If you will notice, Micah had his favorite hat on when we got there. But we learned that windmills run off of wind — and one of the stronger gusts took his hat off, and sent it straight into one of the waterways.
Poor sap!
Micah and the kids tried to find and retrieve the hat for a while, but Micah gave up. The kids kept on trying — and actually got yelled at by one of the homeowners of the windmill. (Yes, they are actually homes that people live in.) He was really gruff — REALLY GRUFF! but I pulled up my big girl pants to explain that we were looking for my husband’s lost hat. Once he heard that we weren’t just fooling around, he was nice.
He showed up with a big stick to try to help. The kids watched on, but we never found the hat. But because the guy liked us, as we walked back towards his home, he ended up showing us around, and giving us a legit up-close-and-personal tour of his windmill house.
He probably spent 30 minutes explaining to us the inner working of Windmills, how he got his, the pros and cons, and the history of these things. He was awesome, and then the coolest thing happened! He excused himself for a minute, and then came out with a new hat from the company he works for — and gave it to Micah! It was the nicest gesture, and we were all beaming from ear to ear. He went from gruff to awesome in an hour’s time. It was a really great day.
The windmills were amazing!
But our personal tour of them, was top notch!
Clearly, Navy agreed!
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