Mrs. jacknyoc and I are spending about a week in Amsterdam in late April. We've rented a car for a day (Saturday)...Sixt agency adjacent to Centraal Station...to visit a few places in the countryside.

Our thinking was to drive first to the Lisse area to see some of the tulip fields; then on to Haarlem for a late lunch and some walking around town/site seeing (including the Corrie ten Boom House); then onto the Zaandam area later in the day to see the windmills.

We definitely want to see the ten Boom house, as well as tulip fields and windmills (but those could be elsewhere if there are better options). We don't want to spend all day just driving, though, and none of these seem particularly far apart.

Any additional thoughts on sites along the way or better options than those I've noted above? thank you for your assistance.