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Tulip Time 2009!
Every year we're greeted by a beautiful sunset. 5/1
This year we enjoyed it while dinner was being grilled. 5/1
I ran the 8K Tulip Time Run - 45 minute finish. 5/2
Ferrets! At Kinderplaats. 5/2
Baby cows! At Kinderplaats. 5/2
Mini horses! At Kinderplaats. 5/2
Driving his own train at Kinderplaats. 5/2
Pony hops! At Kinderplaats. 5/2
Pony hops were the best part. 5/2
Falling off the pony hops was his favorite part... 5/2
Playing sheriff at Kinderplaats. 5/2
Water sheriff to the rescue! 5/2
Driving the garbage truck at Kinderplaats... 5/2
The chariot ride was also a favorite... 5/2
Yah, the chariot ride was awesome. 5/2
We found some tulips that were actually blooming! 5/2
Lunch at New Holland. 5/2
They serve a lot of beer. 5/2
They have falling down style walls. 5/2
We got the samplers... yum. 5/2
Yum again. 5/2
Beer toast. It's the champagne of... Holland? 5/2
A walk on the beach (after a looooong afternoon nap). 5/2
Chilly but beautiful... 5/2
Sand portraits - a yearly tradition. 5/2
Ahhhh... the beach. 5/2
Sunset time at the beach. 5/2
Makes one feel a bit small and insignificant, huh? 5/2
A 1700s spork at the Dutch trading fair - Windmill Island. 5/3
1700s maps with mountains running up the middle of Michigan. 5/3
The windmill was running - cool. 5/3
Wandering the 1700s trade fair set up on Windmill Island. 5/3
Cool grinding stone, Windmill Island. 5/3
More blooming tulips! 5/3
The "Big Red" lighthouse, which IS red, but isn't so big. 5/3
Holland State Park. 5/3
Walking back from the park - or swinging back maybe. 5/3
Or maybe running back. 5/3
Dancing back? 5/3
Another setting sun on the beach... 5/3
Still chilly, but warmer than last night. 5/3
Chasing back... 5/3
Dutch Village! The essential Tulip Time stop. 5/4
More blooming tulips! 5/4
Wooden shoe race! Against... nobody. 5/4
Hey, we're winning! 5/4
Ahhh, the big slide... 5/4
Dutch Klompen Dance demonstrations at the Village. 5/4
Watching the dancers. 5/4
Riding the Tulip Time carousel. 5/4
Loving the Tulip Time carousel! 5/4
Waving to his adoring fans! 5/4
More blooming tulips! 5/4
The Village had lots already in bloom. 5/4
Plate making crafts in the Delft house at the Village. 5/4