5 May ’04, Wednesday. Obelink…. The candy store for those with camping in mind !!! This could be were the term “One Stop Shopping” comes from. We had some idea of what we might be looking for prior to going into Obelink but my goodness, what we found was amazing. First off, we got there about 11am and the parking “lots” were either filling up or were already full. As you walked into the building you found it was loaded with more product than you could ever imagine and every aisle was packed with people who were already buying. They couldn’t get their wallets out fast enough. We did find that all the items that we were familiar with, was priced well below the previous pricing we saw. As it was, we did spend some of our hard earned money. We had been discussing the possibility of buying a room addition to our camper van and that’s just what we did. What we found was a tent with 2 large and 2 smaller windows and a zip up front door. It is 200cm X 350cm and more than doubles our usable living space. It actually attaches to the camper van along the sliding door side so that you can use both the van and the addition as one. If time comes when you want to drive off in the van to buy groceries or whatever, you can disconnect from the addition and drive off. The problem comes when you have to leave one campsite and move onto another. Space has and will always be tight and now, it is going to be really tight after we take everything down and store it in the van. This new addition wont be put up each time we go into a new campground. More than likely it will come out when we spend more than 3 nights in one place. Flags were flying throughout the Netherlands today because it was their “Liberation Day”. May 5th, 1945 the day that they were “Liberated” from the Nazi’s. There is also a beautiful memorial here in Winterswijk with 2 towers about 12 feet high that burn continuously and the listing of all the Jews that were taken to the camps and killed. It lists their names, birthdates, and the camp that they were last know to be. Really very moving to see…. Today the sun was out most of the day but the wind kept it a little to the chilly side. We barbecued pork chops tonight for dinner and I used a rub that we bought in Seattle prior to leaving…. It is great !! Thank you Chef Tom Douglas…
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