In summer, enjoy the sandy beaches of Lake Michigan with forays to award-winning downtown Holland’s lunch and dinner spots, boutique shopping, farmer’s market, and entertainment venues. Neighboring shoreline destinations include Grand Haven and Saugatuck. Parks dot the shoreline north and south of our home, with bike paths ribboning the community (bicycles available). Water-born activities abound. In winter, enjoy cross-country skiing very near our home, watching the deer in our backyard, and being enveloped in a winter wonderland.

Both Detroit, Michigan and Chicago, Illinois are approximately two and a half hours (driving) from our home. Chicago is accessible from Holland by train (Amtrak). While Grand Rapids offers our closest international airport, we often fly in and out of Detroit or Chicago and have been known to daytrip to Chicago for a matinee, or to meet up with friends or family!

Our Honda Pilot is available for car exchange.

We are a family of four and love to explore. We've been traveling with our daughters (now a sophomore in high school and freshman in college) since they were infants. We traditionally spend a week in Grand Cayman each year, and a couple of weeks either in Venice-plus-a-new-European-destination (most recently Greece) or a warm-weather destination (Thailand upcoming). Our preference is to immerse as much as possible in the culture we are visiting and we usually rent homes, apartments or villas for our stays. We formerly rented our own properties as vacation destinations, and are now exploring home exchange. Robert is a consultant in the healthcare field. Mary maintains an Internet company. Both manage properties.