chapel at calvin college

chapel at calvin college
Originally uploaded by Joits.

irst thing i noticed about arriving in grand rapids... the humidity! damn... i'm so used to being in dry heat that it felt really uncomfortable for the first couple of hours that we were there. when we arrived our luggage hadn't even made it in yet because once we arrived in chicago, our next flight was almost leaving and we practically had to walk from one end of the airport to the other... as soon as we boarded, the plane took off. wasn't too surprised that our luggage was going to arrive a bit later. my sister got us a pretty sweet black jeep cherokee and we made our way to the residence inn at marriott. naturally we booked two separate rooms, one for my 'rents and my lil bro, and another for us and the rest of our friends. we met up with the uncle june and auntie epi first and then joanne. then ro came and little by little we started to meet more people as they started arriving. we got a preview of the wedding reception place because jesse asked if we could help them set up the tables. we drove to the royce's place and in their backyard, they had a tent set up. the thing that threw me a bit was that we discovered that the whole wedding would be on sand... almost like a beach party under the tent. naturally i was a bit concerned since i figured most of us would be dressing formally for the wedding... how would that work with the guests on sand? turns out it didn't really inconvenience anyone, at least not me. after watching jesse, pellagia and the wedding party rehearse for the wedding, everyone went over to the nearby park to kind of relax and meet everyone before the big day. we did go out that night, first to a really cool looking bar not too far from the hotel... it seemed really upscale but hardly anyone was there, surprising for a friday night. but i ended up doing something that i never thought i'd do... i brought my d70 and the camera bag... but no memory card! wtf! so i didn't take any pics of our night out. we then went to "the bob" which i think is grand rapid's most popular club... i think. good thing there was no cover as we didn't stay long since it was almost closing time. grabbed some pizza from some dude on the street, it was aight... then called it a night.