Today is July 4th, 2014. It is the 5th birthday of my twin granddaughters,
Katcce and Isabelle. Happy Birthday, girls!!!!! Today is also Day79 of my trip.
I am headed north from Walcheren and Zuid Beveland where I am to Noord Beveland
and then across the Oosterchelde Storm Dam to Schouwen-Duiveland and then over
another bridge dam to South Holland and eventually the city of Brielle.
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| Lenny, in Middleburg made me a very nice filling breakfast and I left at 8:30. It was to be a hot day according to the weather man but the wind was supposed to come from the south which would be to my advantage. |
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A windmill inMiddleburg
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shed door has a church painted on the door. |
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| Another
windmill in the countryside |
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A cultural monument
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Part of an old circular fortress
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Glimpse of the North Sea
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The dam is in view in the distance
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Jacobahhaven
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Beach houses along the sea
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Getting closer...
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...and closer
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The bicycle path
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A few homes close to the dam but much lower down
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A walkway down to the beach
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| Leaving Noord Beveland to go over the dam to Schouven-Duiveland |
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The main road is on the right of the barrier. The bicycle
path and work vehicle traffic is on the left of the barrier.
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The mechanics of the Oosterschelde Dam
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Looking back at all the dam works
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Selfie
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I was SO HAPPY to have warm weather and the wind on my BACK
today.
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Sign explaining the Oosterschelde flood barrier
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This barrier was built after the great flood of 1953. It has held back all storms since then.
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In 1978 when I was last in the Netherlands, ,my uncle and
aunt took Dave and I here to the Delta Works for a tour
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Panorama of Oosterschelde Dam Bridge
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More openings to the beach
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Another beautiful day!! The beach looks so inviting! It would have been hard to drag me away from there. Our family missed that flood by 2 years, thank goodness!!
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