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Top 5 West Michigan Day Trips For The Busy College Student

Madison Lobert

May 15, 2018

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Top 5 West Michigan Day Trips For The Busy College Student

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Summer vacation is finally here! It's time to wind down from the stress of the spring semester and enjoy yourself! Though this may be a no-brainer, many college students can't find the time to take a trip for more than 3 or 4 days because of summer classes and work schedules, so what is the busy college student to do?

Save your money, your gas, and your time by embarking on a day trip to some of the best local locations that West Michigan has to offer!

1. Grand Haven:

You could never go wrong with a trip to Grand Haven! This lakeshore town will satisfy all the summer needs of the shopaholic, the nature lover, the culinary enthusiast, and the beach bum. Some of the top Grand Haven sights include Pronto Pups, Big Red, the Musical Fountain, and the beautiful dunes of the Rosy Mound natural area .

2. Standale:

Looking to save money? Stick around in Standale! Though this may seem like nothing more than a college town, Standale has so much to offer. Why not visit the Walker Fitness Center and pump those irons? If you're feeling your inner tree-hugger calling out to you, visit the Blandford Nature Center and take a nature walk. If you're looking for a new restaurant to try, stop in to the new Stan Diego , DeHops , or Westside Social .

3. Downtown Grand Rapids:

If you can't find something to do here, YOU'RE NOT LOOKING HARD ENOUGH. With a plethora of museums , restaurants , and music venues, Grand Rapids offers an incredible amount of activities for people of all ages .

4. Saugatuck:

If you're feeling the itch to leave the metro Grand Rapids area, take a trip down to Saugatuck! This town located in Allegan county offers cool experiences like dune rides and numerous beautiful hiking trails.

5. Gun Lake:

Have I not convinced you with any of the other options? Gun Lake is our last stop! Visit Gun Lake to try your hand at the roulette table, video poker, or one of the thousands of slot machines on the floor of Gun Lake Casino! If you're lucky, you could win enough to cover all those books that you need to buy for the fall semester!

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1. When course schedules are released and you have a conflict between two required classes.

2. When there is only one section of a popular course.

3. Receiving the 18,000 emails reminding you to register ASAP.

4. When you need to see an advisor, but they are too busy/unresponsive.

5. Trying not to dress like a bum for your appointments with your advisors/department heads.

6. When you have a perfectly planned out schedule, and one class ruins it.

7. Carefully moving things around to accommodate a different class/section.

8. Waking up at 6:00 a.m. for your enrollment time.

9. Concocting a new schedule at your enrollment time after your original plan gets changed.

10. Getting into a class and filling the last available seat.

11. When all of your classes finally go through.

12. Realizing that you forgot a class that was a pre-requisite for everything else.

When your capability of "adulting" is put to the test

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1. When you have to provide an "interesting fact" for your first day ice-breaker.

2. When your professor is babbling on and on in his lecture.

3. When you edit your friend's paper and they get an A.

4. When it's 2 AM and you remember you have a test tomorrow.

5. When you finish taking the test and you're pretty sure you failed...

6. ...but then you get the test back and somehow passed.

7. When you've been up for 12 hours straight writing a paper.

8. And then you manage to stay awake in class the next day.

9. When you have to butter up your professor for an extra credit opportunity.

10. When you're assigned a group project.

11. And your group-mates are trying to chat about life instead of the assignment.

12. When it's your last class of the day and you're about to go home.

13. But then you remember rent is due tonight and the anger comes back.

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