Friday, May 29, 2009

A Day In Holland

Friday the 29th

Once again the sun is shining as we gently ease out of bed. It's supposed to get up to 72 degrees today. As a treat, Tina fixed French Toast and Bacon for breakfast and it was goooooood! Even the kids thought it was great as they each got a little of the left over bacon as a treat. After cleaning up and reading mail, watching GMA, etc., Tina headed into town to get her hair done while the kids and I stayed home.

After she got back looking simply ravishing we drove into town so I could fax a couple of documents.

Once that was taken care of we found a really nice bakery cafe and had a nice lunch then with dogs on leashes we walked through the downtown area of Holland. This is a very vibrant older town which has benefitted from good leadership on the city council as they took advantage of the Federal Downtown Revitalization Program. To learn more about the Washington State program go to http://www.cted.wa.gov/portal/alias__CTED/lang__en/tabID__52/DesktopDefault.aspx.
After enjoying the afternoon in Holland we returned to the car and headed for the local Dog Park to give the kids a channce to exercise. Like many others, the park has two fenced areas, one for large dogs and one for small dogs. There were a half dozen small dogs and owners in the small dog area when we got there. Once inside Punky and Wicket ran around with a Poodle/Retriever mix, several Westy's, a Long Haired Daushund and a couple of others. They had a lot of fun and soon tired themselves out.

We left the park and returned home for dinner and to enjoy the remainder of the day.

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1 comment:

Don and Diane said...

That is a great looking little town! I love what they have done with the place. That looks like a great place to live. Maybe start a little sideline business, e.g. "We Be Taxes" ...