April 20, 2025

Left a little before nine. Blacksmith. Sunny, cool northerly breezes. Blauwkapel, bike path, Korssesteeg, Nieuw Loosdrecht, 's-Graveland, Kortenhoef. Then Hilversum, Soest (Eng), Amersfoort, Leusden, Scherpenzeel, Amerongen. Too busy to see much. Hoogstraat, Maarn. The forests now also turning light green. Zeist, Huis ter Heide, Maartensdijk, Groenekan. People everywhere taking advantage of the good holiday weather. Nowhere was it crowded, probably because near-record numbers have gotten on airplanes to go somewhere, troubling news about the deteriorating state of the continent's glaciers notwithstanding.