Along the Canals...

Amsterdam has lots of canals, many of which I was happy to photograph. 

With all of the big enclosed tour boats sidelined, the canals were pretty empty. 

For the first time, we spotted this bee garden planted on a canal...

…next to a houseboat with a lovely deck complete with a cow. 

This other canal garden had a resident coot.

Love Me

A normal fact of Amsterdam life in the outer canals is having to wait for drawbridges.

While having a late afternoon picnic along a random outer canal, Jimmy noticed a boater in trouble after running out of gas. Luckily we weren’t too far from a bridge, so he could run across to help the fellow pull his boat to shore. Even luckier, there was a gas station nearby so he was able to get up and running again pretty quickly.