Figure 1.-- While there were lots of historic and tourist sites on our trips, sometime we kids just needed to play. Here we are in a Dutch campsite using the family sized seesaw near the Zidersee. The two middle kids (David and I) are on the left, just about perfectly balanced by the oldest and youngest (Rink and Robin). If you look carefully, you'll notice that Rink and I am wearing Dutch canvas slip on shoes. Put your cursor on the imasge to see Rink and Robin.

While there were lots of historic and tourist sites on our trips, sometime we kids just needed to play. Here we are in a Dutch campsite using the family sized seesaw near the Zidersee (figure 1). The two middle kids (David and I) are on the left, just about perfectly balanced by the oldest and youngest (Rink and Robin). If you look carefully, you'll notice that Rink and I am wearing Dutch canvas slip on shoes. Something else I recall about the Dutch camp sites were the storks and swans.

Teeter-Toter

While there were lots of historic and tourist sites on our trips, sometime we kids just needed to play. On the previous page we are in a Dutch campsite using the family sized seesaw near the Zidersee (figure 1). The two middle kids (David and I) are on the left, just about perfectly balanced by the oldest and youngest (Rink and Robin). If you look carefully, you'll notice that Rink and I am wearing Dutch canvas slip on shoes.

Storks and Swans

Something else I recall about the Dutch camp sites were the storks and swans. They were quite common. While the swans looked nice, Robin got too close to this one, and was chased until my Dad threw water on it To this day my sister is shy around birds. David, in shorts, and Robin are near the cooking area on the left, while Rink is bringing water from the right side of the photo (figure 1). This must be one of my shots, as I'm not in the scene and the horizon is not quite level.

Created: 11:38 PM 12/24/2006
Last updated: 11:38 PM 12/24/2006