Sunday we slept in a little so Nate would have some energy.
Our goal for the day was to try find Deltaworks which is a system of dikes and dams that keep Holland from flooding. In January 31, 1953 There was a major
storm that caused the North Sea to flood. With combinations of the storm tide
and tidal surges the water level rose 18.4 ft above sea level. The existing dikes could not handle the load
and massive flooding followed killing over 1800 in Holland alone, most which
were in the Zeeland province.
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| Evolution building in Eindhoven (Conference Center) |
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| I thought this little truck was cute |
When we arrived to the town of Ouddorp we tried to find the beach. We were
able to see the ocean but we didn’t have a clear path down to the Ocean. As it
was getting close to 1 we decided to find some lunch. After driving around we
decided on a fast food place. I had a less than real hamburger that was barely
edible.
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| We found some kind of obstacle course |
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| Windsurfers in a bay |
When we had arrived at the restaurant I wanted to put my
camera in the trunk but it seemed stuck so we decided we would try again later.
After lunch we tried opening it again but it seems to be broken. There is no
button on the key fab or in the car that we have been able to find, just the
button on the back of the trunk. You can hear a clicking sound but nothing
happens . . . how annoying.
After driving around a bit we finally found a place to go
down to the beach. It was very windy and the beach was very deep so it took a
while to walk down to the water, and by the time we got there we were ready to
turn around. One cool thing we saw there were people riding around in kite
cars (called 'blow karts'), not something I’ve ever seen or heard of at home.
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| I found myself a car |
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| Blow Kart |
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| There must have been some kind of crabs making these little sand poops |
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| Kite karts and blow karts |
As we headed back towards Eindhoven I looked in the GPS and
saw that there was a Deltaworks only 17km away, so we detoured there first. We
didn’t really have time to tour anything but we were impressed at the massive
size and length of it. The wind was blowing incredibly hard as we walked
outside trying to look at the Dam.
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| City gate we passed while driving home |
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| This bridge was miles long, it took several minutes to cross. |
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| Deltaworks |
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| The exit sign to the town where my family is from |
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| Traffic :( |
On the drive home we hit some nasty traffic as the freeway was
closed due to construction. After about 30 minutes of detouring, we had another successful end to a weekend.
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