Flying over Louisville. |
Hey look, it's Kalamazoo! |
It's an astronaut! |
A small Egypt exhibit at the Grand Rapids Public Museum. |
A neat exhibit at the museum. |
Bridge over the Grand River. |
There's a lot of neat old architecture. |
A converted brick building and nice brick streets. |
Of course I tried some local beers! |
This was a cool beer - Genetic Drift from Speciation Brewing. |
Grand Rapids at dusk. I walked across these bridges a lot because my hotel was across the river from the convention center. |
Inside the downtown market. |
A Frank Lloyd Wright house in the Heritage Hill historic district. |
One of the bigger sessions at the conference. |
Awesome relief saved from the civic center building that was partially torn down to build the convention center. |
Inside the convention center. |
Beautiful weather for the first couple of days! |
Lots of great old brick architecture in downtown. This is the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel. |
More interesting architecture. |
I spent most of my time in River Overlook D. |
The classic view of Grand Rapids. |
I didn't have time to visit, but the Gerald R. Ford museum was a block from my hotel. |
President Ford's gravesite. |
A nice street with patio seating. |
Smoked trout at the Søvengård. |
We had some beers after dinner! When in Grand Rapids.... |
Trying some Atwater brews. |
A neat mural. |
Tacos for lunch! |
The fish counter at the downtown market. |
The symbol of Grand Rapids, an Alexander Calder sculpture, La Grand Vitesse. |
The cute East Town neighborhood. |
A little overcast on my final day. I took a walk on the riverfront path. |
The fish ladder that helps fish get around the man-made falls on the river. |
Lots of nice brick buildings like this around the city. |
See ya later, GR! |
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