Hoge Veluwe



Friday we met the other couples at the Hoge Veluwe park which is a large perserve. There is an admission fee which includes the use of these white bikes. We rode about 14 minutes to get to this hunting mansion which was built by Anton and Helene Kroller Muller in the early 1900s. Helene was also an art collector. With guidance from a professor of art she amased a collection of 11,000 items. Luckily the professor encouraged her to buy works by van Gogh who at the time was not popular.



The senior couples are young at heart. This is Elder Busch who is 73 and serving his second mission with his wife. He plays tennis frequently and likes to mountian bike when he is in Utah.



This is Sister Busch with Sister Everton.




This is the hunting house the Kroller Mullers built. The lake is man made. There was concern that the water would drain so there is a windmill to pump water to the lake but was never needed. Anton like to hunt in the area.



This is the dining room which over looks the lake. The ceiling is glazed brick supported from above. It took 3 years to build the home.

This is the blue room which was Helena's sitting room. It also has a view of the lake.

The Brubakers have thier own tandem bike that can be disassembled and shipped on the airplane. They rode it to the parachute drop rather than take the bus. On Satuday we drove to a commemoration of WWII parachute drop which was held in the South part of the Hoge Veluwe.

We waited for about a half hour and then they started to come. There must have been about 20 planes come over us to release parachuters.

This is our group at the site where the parachuters landed.