We took a ferry over to Texel, the biggest island, and were met with an old American school bus. Brought back lots of memories. Had a nice lunch, and then spent some time at an aquarium/rehabilitation center. They focus on seals. Abigail felt betrayed that I would go without her, because she loves seals, so I took lots of pictures and videos for her. Even brought back a few presents from the seal infested gift shop.
After getting lucky with avoiding much of the rain, we took a nice walk in the dunes and went down to the beach. There was a restaurant there with some Green Eggs that they fired up for a BBQ. They did a nice job of keeping over 80 of us happy. Then we were chased off the island by some big thunderstorms. The wind on the ferry was so strong that I couldn't stand up. Ended up being a really good day.
Sure am tired now though, and not able to get much rest since we are prepping for our trip to Switzerland. We will visit Claire and Matt for a few days. Should be a lot of fun, but there is a lot to do in order to head out straight away in the morning.
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| Big boat for such a short distance. Two levels of cars. |
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| Leaving the mainland - you can see the island (and the other ferry) on the horizon. |
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| Blue Bird! |
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| Lots of seal pictures and videos for Abigail. |
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| Would be cool to have a tank like this in the dome some day. |
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| Whale jawbones. |
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| Sick seals that they are helping. |
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| Very windy on the beach. |
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| Thunderstorms chasing us back to the mainland. |
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