John Ball Zoo, Grand Rapids, Michigan

John ball zoo at grand rapids is located conviniently near the national highway.  Park have enough space for car parking and there is a recreational boating facility available near the entrance and it may be of interest to kids. Apart from the usual scenes like in other zoos, there is a section showcasing domestic animals like cows, hen, goats, and sheep. You could try a ropeway ride to add some adventure to the trip at an extra price. You can enter a small aviary and feed love birds, enjoy the water bodies within the zoo. There is a separate section for polar animals. You could go for a camel ride too. There is a separate section dedicated to African wild life and its awesome.

Holland, Grand Rapids, MI to Princeton, New Jersey

The entire journey was 14+ hours by car. Ours was a break journey and we took break at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. We took the trip thru the I-92 till Ann Arbor, near Detroit.

View Larger Map

We took the i-82 towards Toledo. Then most of our journey was near thru the Lake Superior. We crossed the Ohio state and entered Pennsylvania where we stayed overnight. Next day we took the journey from Pennsylvania to Princeton , New Jersey. The entire route is looked like a straight route till Princeton. Most of the terrain was a vast unoccupied land. Most of the area we saw was not even having trees or other plants. It was simply plain, with some towns here and there between the routes.

Gerald Ford International Airport, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Although I had traveled across several airports this one was one is among the most liked ones. Its not a major international airport, but still it is big compared to the crowd we see there. It seemed like airport is very spacious for the crowd it had. Good facility for long term car parking (9$ per day). There is convenient to and fro shuttle arranged to the terminal so its hassle free , you can conveniently park the car at the parking lot and take the shuttle to and fro towards the terminal . Even they note down the location where you had parked the car and leave you near by that on return. The staff is very courteous and as soon as you get down from the car or shuttle they help you to bring down your luggage. Airport looks like a newly built structure.