Granger Meadows Park

Granger picks up mid-Michigan's trash and puts it in a giant landfill on Wood St. near the Eastwood Towne Center. If you've ever been around there, you've smelled what I'm talking about. But Granger does not only have trash, they also have a lovely little park called Granger Meadows Park. Here is a picture from Google Earth:

The park has places to do sports (walking/jogging trails, basketball court, softball field, inline skaing rink, disc golf course) and places to have fun (playground equipment, picnic pavilion, sledding hill) 

(SLEDDING HILL RULES!!)

The sledding hill is also cool when there's no snow because of the view. I made this panorama:

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(Sarah and I went for a walk.)

(I'm nauseous...)

(Fake disc golf shot)

Michigan skies

One of my favorite parts of Michigan is the skies.

Nerdy fun at MSU

Michigan State University Library (open 24 hours during the semester) has thousands of books and tons of fantastic resources. They also have fountains of blue water because, duh, water is blue. 

Sometimes students put dish soap in the fountains to make bubbles. YAY!!!

You can use MSU library resources if you are not a student. I'll show you how!! (The students don't use them anyway because they are too busy getting loaded.)

Step 1: Parking is difficult during the day, but after 6pm, you can park in the employee spots. 

Step 2: Finding a resource. You can ask a friendly librarian at the reference desk, or you can look it up yourself! These "Selected Resources/Catalog" computers don't require an MSU ID to log in. 

Once you find the call number, you look for the floor and location of your book on the East or West wing. Then follow the colored lines.

Hope you're not color blind!

If you're lucky, your book will be on a floor that has sliding shelves. These are fun and save space!

You can check out your book with a community borrowers card. I forgot how I got this great little card, so you'll have to figure that out yourself. 

When you're done with the library, you can check out the MSU gardens. 

They're beautiful and peaceful. Each plant has a little placard that explains what the plant is. Interesting.

Have nerdy fun at MSU and let us know what you like to do on campus.

Gone Wired Cafe

Let's start this blog with a place in our hometown.

Gone Wired Cafe, Lansing, MI, is a place where you can drink beer and use free wifi. What could be better?

It started as a coffee shop and has expanded to include a full bar, Michigan beers on tap, a food menu, and plenty of seating for all your sit-and-do-laptop-stuff needs. We decided it would be the setting for our first blog post.


It's a HUGE space...

...with unattended babies...

...and cute, young hipsters...

 Many students. Too young to drink beer? :(

 Boys with long hair.

 ...and books and art!

Recommended place to check out.