Give your friends and family the gift of the outdoors for just $99. This fabulous deal includes:
This gift is great for the outdoorsy person who enjoys seeing the beauty that Indiana has to offer. The annual resident entrance permit gets your family into 33 state parks and reservoirs. The Inns gift certificate can be used for lodging, golf (Fort Harrison), meals at the Inns restaurants, and at gift shops at our seven Indiana State Park Inn facilities.
Order online today or call (317) 233-2347 or (317) 233-3046, M-F 8 a.m. - 4 p.m., using Visa or MasterCard.
2010 Annual Passes and Permits now available
The annual entrance passes, Golden Hoosier passes, lake permits and horse tags for 2010 are now available for purchase at state park and reservoir properties.
Also available are Inns gift certificates, redeemable for lodging, dining, gifts and golf at Fort Harrison. Start planning for holiday gift giving and for next year’s outdoor activities now. For more information, visit InnsGifts.com.
2-for-1 Winter Rates at State Park Inns
Stay 2 consecutive nights for the price of 1 at Indiana State Park Inns. Valid Sunday through Thursday, starting Nov. 30 and runs through Feb. 25, 2010. Not available Dec. 20 - Dec. 31, and is subject to availability. Cannot be combined with other discounts.
For reservations, call 1-877-LODGES1 or visit us online at IndianaInns.com.
Pokagon’s Toboggan Run opens Friday, Nov. 27
Indiana’s only refrigerated toboggan run opens the day after Thanksgiving at 10 a.m. Seasonl hours of operation are Friday nights, 5 to 10 p.m., Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., and Sundays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Special hours are available during the Christmas holidays. For rates and other special dates, visit tobogganrun.com.
Help feed the hungry with Sportsmen’s Benevolence Fund
Help feed the hungry through the Sportsmen’s Benevolence Fund by purchasing the fund's lapel pins.
The pins are available at a cost of $5 each. Proceeds go to organizations such as Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry (FHFH), helping pay for the processing of deer donated to the program by successful hunters. The venison is given to various food banks across Indiana.
In 2008, more than 75,000 pounds of meat donated to FHFH was processed into 300,216 meals.
To order a 2009 Sportsmen’s Benevolence Fund lapel pin, visit sbf.IN.gov.
Winter break day camp at two state properties
Kids age 7 to 11, join us for our first-ever winter camp on Dec. 28 through Dec. 30. Each day provides a variety of fun activity sessions during the 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. camp. You dress for the weather and bring a sack lunch everyday, and we’ll provide snacks.
At Mounds State Park we’ll take nature hikes; warm up around a campfire, play games, and do crafts – all with a winter theme. Cost is $30 per person. Advance registration is required by calling (765) 649-8128 no later than Tuesday, Dec. 22.
At Salamonie Reservoir this year’s theme is I.C. Ice Capades. Daily sessions will focus around ice and nature in winter. Make homemade ice cream, play icy games, discover frogcicles and fish survival, learn about ice fishing and do icy experiments. The camp requires a $45 participation fee, $10 of which is a nonrefundable deposit due one week before camp. Advance registration is required and space is limited. Call (260) 468-2127.
Gift giving is easy with Outoor Indiana Magazine
When you give a gift subscription to Outdoor Indiana magazine, you stuff your friend or relative's stocking not just once but six times a year.
Each magazine's 48 full-color pages are packed with local goodies found nowhere else. Subscriptions are $12 for a year (six issues); $20 for two years. Call (317) 233-3046 or go to OutdoorIndiana.org.
If they love the outdoors, they'll love Outdoor Indiana magazine, and the person who gave it to them.
Help the Indiana Natural Resources Foundation get a donation every time you search the Internet
GoodSearch.com is a new search engine that donates half its advertising revenue, about a penny per search, to the charities its users designate. Use it just as you would any search engine; get quality search results.
If you download the GoodSearch – Indiana Natural Resources Foundation toolbar, our cause will earn money every time you search online - even if you forget to go to GoodSearch first.
Add the Indiana Natural Resources Foundation toolbar at http://www.goodsearch.com/toolbar/indiana-natural-resources-foundation.
One penny per search doesn't sound like much, but if 1,000 people do two searches a day we'll end up with about $7,800 at the end of the year. If 10,000 do two searches a day, we'll end up with $78,000.
Help the foundation permanently protect Indiana's natural heritage. Sign up to support the foundation in this simple, easy way.
The new exhibit replaces items that were more than 20 years old, and includes a replica of a cave entrance, a look at the glaciers that covered Indiana, lots of hands-on activities, a diorama with a "turtle run" for live turtles, a kids play space with puppets and books, and exhibits about the families who owned the land before McCormick's Creek was a state park.
Did you know that the Inns at the state parks are two for 1 during off peak months? Heres the info Starting Nov. 30, 2009 and running through Feb. 25, 2010, stay two nights for the price of one (Sunday through Thursday only. Not valid Dec. 20-31, 2009.) Please make your reservations by calling 877-LODGES-1. Or click here for On-line information.
The Nature Center will be open throughout the winter. For more information about McCormick's Creek State Park click on the McCormicks creek State Park Link.
So click on the link below, get out of your home and wander Indiana!
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Here are some pictures that I took of the Fall season at Brown county State Park. The tower has been closed to the public in the fall season due to safety concerns. The Indiana DNR has cut away areas in the park so people can still see across the valleys in the park. Hope you enjoy them, they were taken with my cell phone.
