Tiptoe Through The Tulips

Every year we say we're going to go to a nearby Tulip Festival -- and every year the weather just doesn't seem to cooperate with our schedule. Given our weather this year -- we just decided to go no matter what!

As soon as we started to head out into the tulip fields it started pouring rain! We made a quick run to the gift shop to wait it out. As soon as it cleared up, we headed back to the fields and had just enough time to look at the flowers before the next downpour started.


The most fascinating part of the whole experience was the loud and continuous booming sounds we heard. Matthew went to find out what the noise was all about and he got a really interesting answer. It was a machine that sent sound waves into the air that would break up hail storms so that the tulips were not crushed. They turned it on 25 minutes before a storm was supposed to hit. Very ingenious invention -- but I'm glad we weren't their neighbors!

The boys had a great time tromping in the dirt and chasing each other around -- plus we came home with really pretty flowers!