Duo gets unexpected tour of Europe

A former resident of Saratoga is taking his talents to the Europe this spring.

Saratoga Middle/High school graduate Garry Wood and his wife Mirthe Bolhuis are headed to the Netherlands starting a two-month tour.

Dubbing themselves the "Bird and the Bear," the Folk/Americana duo said that though they have several shows lined up in Holland and Germany, their trip did not start out as a tour at all.

"We originally planned the entire trip as time off basically," Garry said. "We had a pretty crazy year. We were going to go see her family and spend two months relaxing and writing songs ... and...