April found us doing some more traveling. A friend and her little girl and I decided to take a car ride and drive to Amsterdam, Holland for the weekend (7 hrs). We drove from our place to Dover (on the coast) and boarded the ferry to France. From there we drove all the way back up the coast line to Amsterdam. It was a great adventure as neither her or I had been there let alone drive. We toured Keukenhof Gardens- world famous gardens, full of lots and lots of tulips plus other types of flower. We took a bus tour of Amsterdam and also visited Anne Frank's house. The whole trip was amazing. We had beautiful weather the whole time and had a blast together. Thanks Melissa and Elaina for dragging me along. I will never forget this trip.
The following week/weekend was spring break for me at school, so Owen and I packed up the motorcycle and rode down to Stonehenge, Bath, and Cheddar. This was our first time riding together on a long trip. It was about 3 hours down there. The ride went pretty smooth and was actually more comfortable than I had expected. The weather was perfect. Sunny and semi-warm the whole weekend. We saw Stonehenge for a few minutes, that was about all you really needed unless you wanted a whole history lesson on it. Then we drove on down to Cheddar. Cheddar is a little village placed in a gorge. We got there a little later than we wanted to but were able to tour one of the caves there. We also bought some cheddar cheese made only in Cheddar. After leaving there we headed to the city of Bath. We had reserved a room in an old court house just outside of Bath. They had turned it into a B&B. Each room was unique. We didn't stay in these but they had taken the jail cells and converted them into guest rooms. They were very interesting. The court room itself was turned into a grand dinning room/living room. We had a wonderful time there. That night we had dinner aboard an old train. It was a cool experience with great food. The next day we headed into Bath. There we joined a walking tour of the city. It was very informative. We saw the Roman Baths and the chapel. We really enjoyed this little city. That evening we treated ourselves to a 3 hour spa session in the Thermal Spa. It was a great place to relax. They had a room with 4 different saunas and each sauna had a different aroma coming out of it. They had a roof top pool and a pool in on the lower floor. We also were served dinner there. It was wonderful relaxing trip. Plus the scenery made it worth the whole trip. It is such a beautiful area.
The following week/weekend was spring break for me at school, so Owen and I packed up the motorcycle and rode down to Stonehenge, Bath, and Cheddar. This was our first time riding together on a long trip. It was about 3 hours down there. The ride went pretty smooth and was actually more comfortable than I had expected. The weather was perfect. Sunny and semi-warm the whole weekend. We saw Stonehenge for a few minutes, that was about all you really needed unless you wanted a whole history lesson on it. Then we drove on down to Cheddar. Cheddar is a little village placed in a gorge. We got there a little later than we wanted to but were able to tour one of the caves there. We also bought some cheddar cheese made only in Cheddar. After leaving there we headed to the city of Bath. We had reserved a room in an old court house just outside of Bath. They had turned it into a B&B. Each room was unique. We didn't stay in these but they had taken the jail cells and converted them into guest rooms. They were very interesting. The court room itself was turned into a grand dinning room/living room. We had a wonderful time there. That night we had dinner aboard an old train. It was a cool experience with great food. The next day we headed into Bath. There we joined a walking tour of the city. It was very informative. We saw the Roman Baths and the chapel. We really enjoyed this little city. That evening we treated ourselves to a 3 hour spa session in the Thermal Spa. It was a great place to relax. They had a room with 4 different saunas and each sauna had a different aroma coming out of it. They had a roof top pool and a pool in on the lower floor. We also were served dinner there. It was wonderful relaxing trip. Plus the scenery made it worth the whole trip. It is such a beautiful area.
On the ferry heading to France
An old windmill in Holland
The oldest windmill in Amsterdam
Anne Frank's house- Amsterdam
I thought these were rather interesting.Urinals in the middle of town
Keukenhof Gardens- Holland
Keukenhof Gardens- Holland
Keukenhof Gardens- Holland
Keukenhof Gardens- Holland
Keukenhof Gardens- Holland
Keukenhof Gardens- HollandThese tulips came up past my waist!!
Bike trip to Bath
This is where we had supper our first night
on the train for supper
The Court room of our B&B
One of the jail cell rooms
The river in Bath
The Roman Baths
Inside the Roman Baths
A view from the Spa- we weren't allowed to take any pictures of /at the spa but I was able to get this one before we left. The roof top pool had a great view of the city.
This is the Jane Austin Museum 
Cheddar Gorge
Village of Cheddar
More of Cheddar and the gorge
Stonehenge
Stonehenge
Stonehenge
Oh and for our exciting news. We found out this month we are moving to Fairchild AFB, Washington. It is located in Spokane, Washington, close to the Idaho boarder. We are pretty excited to be moving back to the states. We are set to move the end of August. We will really miss England and all our great friends but can't wait to be closer to family. So if you are still wanting to visit you better get over here soon as we will be packing out our things sometime late July/August.
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