The Mystery of the Disappearing Waterfall
A campus pond—birds, baby ducks, e-bikes, and distant traffic on the East Beltline.
The mystery of the disappearing waterfall.
A listener recently reached out with a request: record the waterfall on the Calvin College campus in Grand Rapids. (You know who you are, and thank you for the tip!) So I made the trip out, mic in hand, only to discover that the waterfall had vanished. Turns out they apparently shut it off for the summer. Whatever the reasoning, I showed up to a very waterfall-less pond.
Not one to waste a trip, I recorded the scene anyway. What you’ll hear instead is a lively slice…
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