On our way out of The Netherlands, we were road tripping.
I know that is a bad word to other families, but we literally enjoy the journey as much as the destination.
I have to give it to my family — all are rad travelers…especially my mom!
We check out our surroundings.
We get out at all things cool, like this field of wild sunflowers.
And some of the kids go sans seatbelts to create an in-car hammock.
That is, until they got caught.
But pretty ingenious and creative, kids.
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On our way out, Micah directed us to the Oud Reemst national park.
We paid a small fee to get in, and then they had tons of bikes available to ride all throughout the huge park.
It was an absolute blast.
We all got bikes to fit, and went adventuring.
The kids were singing as we rode, and we were like the scene out of “The Sound of Music”.
Until….Scout had a fit that none of the bikes fit him well.
We quickly solved that problem, by grabbing a bike that had a wheelbarrow front.
It was perfect too, because Nonnie was just going to stay and read in the car.
When I discovered this bike, I insisted!
I got quite the quad work out, but everyone seemed to be happy.
Micah took over after a while, and he took my unsuspecting mom 4×4ing!
It was hilarious.
It turned out that my mom said, “I really didn’t want to go out on the bikes, but that was so fun!”
My mom is such a trooper to go along with our great ideas, that when she really loves something, it is especially awesome.
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The national park also had the coolest Swiss Family Robinson style jungle gym. The kids played with Micah on that for quite a long time. There was only one mishap - when Dash fell from a very tall place. Thank goodness he was alright!
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As we continued driving, Micah had one more stop for us. Only the world’s largest “walking roller coaster”.
What?
Here you see it.
And we all walked it!
Nice find babe!
And we ended the night with a little frog catching.
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(One side note of today’s drive was when I got pulled over by a German policeman. He was really nice, but made sure I knew “Red es STOP…Red es STOP!” in his thick German accent. As he was only warning us, I told him how good looking he was. I think we ended up friends.
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