bimbert84
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We're (me, DW, and 10-year old DD) are headed to Holland, MI next week. I've listed a few things below we're considering doing while in the area, and I'm wondering what's worthwhile and what isn't.- Day trip to Saugatuck / South Haven / Grand Haven
- Biking
- Air Zoo in Kalamazoo
- Holland Farmer's Market
- Holland Aquatic Center
- Dutch Village
- Windmill Island
- Veldheer's
- Meijer Gardens in Grand Rapids
- John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids
Sounds like Windmill Island and Veldheer's are primarily gardens. How do they compare to Meijer Gardens? If you were going to just one, which one would it be?
Anything else I'm missing?
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Dick_B
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Biking to Holland State Park on Lake Michigan is fun. Depending on how far you want to go you can start in Holland.
A Google search of `bike trail holland, MI' recommends www.hollandtrails.org but I had trouble connecting to it this morning.
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GlacierBayGuy
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Spend a day at the beach at Holland State Park. In Holland I would pick Windmill Island. There is also the Holland Museum. Meijer Gardens and the Air Zoo are great but not in Holland.
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bimbert84
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Dick_B wrote:A Google search of `bike trail holland, MI' recommends www.hollandtrails.org but I had trouble connecting to it this morning. I haven't been able to connect to www.hollandtrails.org for a while now. I suspect it's defunct.
-- Rob
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bimbert84
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GlacierBayGuy wrote:Spend a day at the beach at Holland State Park. In Holland I would pick Windmill Island. There is also the Holland Museum. Meijer Gardens and the Air Zoo are great but not in Holland. We might do a day at the beach if it's hot enough, but that early in the season I suspect the water will be quite cold. As far as Windmill Island vs. Meijer Gardens, are they both basically the same thing? If so, which is better?
-- Rob
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ggardne2
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Windmill Island and Meijer Gardens are quite different. In my opinion, while Windmill Island is nice, a few hours there and you will pretty much have seen everything there is to see (the windmill, some landscaping/flower gardens, a ride on the carousel perhaps and than on to something new). Meijer Gardens is much larger and has a large children's area as well as a large sculpture garden with many larger than life sculptures.
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bimbert84
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ggardne2 wrote:In my opinion, while Windmill Island is nice, a few hours there and you will pretty much have seen everything there is to see. Meijer Gardens is much larger and has a large children's area as well as a large sculpture garden with many larger than life sculptures. So is it worth doing both? Or is Windmill Island essentially just a subset of Meijer Gardens? Also, what would Veldheer's give us that neither of these would?
-- Rob
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When in Michigan, Holland is the place we go to the beach.
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sele
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We went to the air zoo and really enjoyed it plus pleny of history as a matter of fact we enjoyed it better than the windmill. but it was just the wife and I. plenty of shopping all long lake michigan sand dunes and beaches.
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I don't see a trip to Fricano's on your list.
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