Harderwijk to Spakenburg

     We left the barge after breakfast and lunch packing as we normally do and rode to the town of Putten.  There is a small building in a park like setting to honor the 600 men who were removed from town by the Nazi's in WWII.  Very few men survived and returned after the war.
     The morning ride continued to the town of Amersfoort, through expanses of heather fields and past dairy farms.  Well maintained dairy farms.  In Amersfoort we parked our bikes in an under store parking garage that was designed for bicycles only.  The city itself is rather large compared to most of the towns we have been through on the trip.  Rick and I enjoyed some ice cream along with a short sight seeing stroll.

     Back on the bikes and off to the town of Spakenburg.  We do stop to view an old, rather large set of water pumps.  It wasn't until 1983 that the pumps were converted from steam to electric power.  The town of Spakenburg is an old fishing village with a compact and very crowded harbor.  Rick and I enjoyed a self guided walk about the small town after which we enjoyed a game of bocci ball on a lawn near the barge.