2 Amazing Things

Today is a great day.  NOt only are birdie and bryguy here (woohoo!  photos to come), but 2 other things are going on..

1. Super Rory just won the UTMB.  This is major, like a really really big deal.  We wish we were in Chamonix right now...so close yet so far.  Such an inspiration...ahhhhhh...too cool!  I heard her time was a record for females on this crazy course.  She crushed it.

Rory photo from North Face

2. Chicago outlawed butts.  You know that I wish it was PDX (and Amsterdam), but it is so cool to see any major city take this step.  There is hope in this world, hope that soon jackasses won't flick butts anymore...at least not in chicago.

Funny Confession #230

I loved the colors so much I had to share. Sorry.

Waiting Patiently

Birdie and Bry should arrive any minute! We have been watching and waiting for a taxi for hours!

Vacation Tastes The Same Everywhere

Final Hollandays, Until The Next Hollandays Vacation

Beaching it all week was tempting, but we brushed off the sand and rounded out our trip with some culture and traditional Dutch stuff. We hit up the Alkmaar Cheese Market, Zaanse Schans (windmills, cheese and cocoa making, clogs), and the Fierljeppen National Championships.

We spent a week away without going more than a few hours from home.  This country is full of adventures to be had.  We will definitely plan a few more Hollandays trips.

The view from our balcony in Alkmaar

Follow the leader

Inside a working windmill

Final Ferry

We are back on the mainland!

Hollandays a la plage

The beaches of the Netherlands are fantastic.