14 March ’05, Monday.
Again, I’ve got a little catching up to accomplish. Our stay in Delft was with out a doubt, “interesting”. The campground was wonderful, even if it snowed deep enough for me to build a snowman, and got cold enough to freeze the waterline inside and put ice on the inside of the rear window with the heat on… The days flew by quickly as we were busy trying to get ready for the trip back to Seattle. We found for “Bumble Bee” at Shurgard in Delft, so it looked like we were finally ready. When we woke Friday morning, we woke to the coldest morning of our entire trip, -20C. Well, “Bumble Bee” just didn’t take to this COOOLLLDDD all that well. When I went to start her, she wont even give me a sigh…I don’t know if it was the batteries that just couldn’t take the cold or, maybe the starter just froze up, but she just would not start. :”NOT NOW…WE’VE GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE !!!”… Fortunately, one of the men at the campground had a towrope, so with a short pull we were underway to Shurgard. Once we had “Bumble Bee” placed in the storage area, we hired a cab (the cold broke a train track, so we couldn’t take a train) to take us to the airport. When we arrived at the airport, we found that there hadn’t been any planes flying out for 2 days, and our flight was a “possible” departure in the morning. Well, what do you do? We went to the Tourist Information booth and they found us a room for the night at the Airport Radisson. With snow still falling and looking like it would just keep on, we went to bed praying the morning would be clear and sunny. Unfortunately, the fog had come in, in a big way, and things looked a little bleak. The only thing left, was to go out to the airport and wait, so wait we did. After a schedule change every half hour or so, and a gate change with it, we found ourselves seated in our assigned seats and heading down the runway about 3 hours late…we’ll take it!!! We’re on our way “home”. Jet lag is for others…well maybe not, because after 3 days, I was still getting up at 3am and heading off to bed by 8pm dog tired. Our days back have been full with some of the little things that you have to get done, but on the other hand, there has been free time to visit with family and friends. It is good to be back, and the weather here has been fantastic. On the other hand, we are anxious to get back to “Bumble Bee” and get back on the road. We picked up our tickets for the return trip and will fly out on the 13th of April for Amsterdam.
Again, I’ve got a little catching up to accomplish. Our stay in Delft was with out a doubt, “interesting”. The campground was wonderful, even if it snowed deep enough for me to build a snowman, and got cold enough to freeze the waterline inside and put ice on the inside of the rear window with the heat on… The days flew by quickly as we were busy trying to get ready for the trip back to Seattle. We found for “Bumble Bee” at Shurgard in Delft, so it looked like we were finally ready. When we woke Friday morning, we woke to the coldest morning of our entire trip, -20C. Well, “Bumble Bee” just didn’t take to this COOOLLLDDD all that well. When I went to start her, she wont even give me a sigh…I don’t know if it was the batteries that just couldn’t take the cold or, maybe the starter just froze up, but she just would not start. :”NOT NOW…WE’VE GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE !!!”… Fortunately, one of the men at the campground had a towrope, so with a short pull we were underway to Shurgard. Once we had “Bumble Bee” placed in the storage area, we hired a cab (the cold broke a train track, so we couldn’t take a train) to take us to the airport. When we arrived at the airport, we found that there hadn’t been any planes flying out for 2 days, and our flight was a “possible” departure in the morning. Well, what do you do? We went to the Tourist Information booth and they found us a room for the night at the Airport Radisson. With snow still falling and looking like it would just keep on, we went to bed praying the morning would be clear and sunny. Unfortunately, the fog had come in, in a big way, and things looked a little bleak. The only thing left, was to go out to the airport and wait, so wait we did. After a schedule change every half hour or so, and a gate change with it, we found ourselves seated in our assigned seats and heading down the runway about 3 hours late…we’ll take it!!! We’re on our way “home”. Jet lag is for others…well maybe not, because after 3 days, I was still getting up at 3am and heading off to bed by 8pm dog tired. Our days back have been full with some of the little things that you have to get done, but on the other hand, there has been free time to visit with family and friends. It is good to be back, and the weather here has been fantastic. On the other hand, we are anxious to get back to “Bumble Bee” and get back on the road. We picked up our tickets for the return trip and will fly out on the 13th of April for Amsterdam.