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Road Trip Around Indiana's State Parks THE TM 911 Franklin Street Weekly Newspaper Michigan City, IN 46360 Volume 29, Number 7 Thursday, February 21, 2013 Road Trip Around Indiana’s State Parks By Rick A. Richards Nathan Haffner enjoys the scenery at Turkey Run State Park. (Photo provided by Laura Harman) Call it an epic Hoosier road trip. Visiting all 25 Laura Harman and Nathan Haffner, both from Fort state parks in a calendar year will put a few miles Wayne, visited each park in 2012. on the odometer, but it’s worth the time and effort Indiana’s state park system is approaching its say two Hoosier couples who have completed sepa- 100th anniversary. The idea for a state park system rate visits to each park in 2011 and 2012. was made in 1916 as part of Indiana’s centennial From Dunes State Park on the shore of Lake celebration by Indianapolis businessman Richard Michigan to Clifty Fall State Park along the banks Lieber. McCormick’s Creek and Turkey Run state of the Ohio River, the two couples decided to em- parks were created that year. brace Indiana’s outdoors. The most recent creation was Prophetstown State Jesse and Abby Linville, teachers at Sheridan Park near West Lafayette in 2004, completing the High School in central Indiana, made the trip in state’s goal to have a state park within a one-hour 2011, and this year, plan to visit all of Indiana’s drive of every Hoosier. state forests. Indiana University graduate students State Parks Continued on Page 2 THE Page 2 February 21, 2013 THE 911 Franklin Street • Michigan City, IN 46360 219/879-0088 • FAX 219/879-8070 In Case Of Emergency, Dial e-mail: News/Articles - [email protected] email: Classifieds - [email protected] http://www.thebeacher.com/ PRINTED WITH Published and Printed by TM Trademark of American Soybean Association THE BEACHER BUSINESS PRINTERS Delivered weekly, free of charge to Birch Tree Farms, Duneland Beach, Grand Beach, Hidden 911 Shores, Long Beach, Michiana Shores, Michiana MI and Shoreland Hills. The Beacher is also delivered to public places in Michigan City, New Buffalo, LaPorte and Sheridan Beach. Among their favorite parks were Chain-O-Lakes, Shades and Clifty Falls. “Shades was close to home for us, but that’s not why it was one of our favorites. We liked it because it doesn’t get a lot of visitors and while we were there we practically had the place to ourselves.” The visit to Indiana Dunes State Park, Abby said, was remarkable. “I had been there before, but just to the beach. This was the fi rst time she hiked the trails. “I didn’t realize there was so much to see and do while in the park. It defi nitely was a great place to visit.” Jesse and Abby Linville huddle together for a rain soaked photo at Indiana Dunes State Park. (Photo provided by Jesse and Abby Linville) State Parks Continued from Page 1 In addition to the 24 state parks, the system in- cludes state forests, reservoirs and lakes. In all, the Department of Natural Resources, which oversees state parks, operates 34 properties that attracted 15.4 million visitors during the fi scal year 2010-11. The four most popular properties lured more than 1 million visitors – Brookville Reservoir, Brown County State Park, Indiana Dunes State Park and Raccoon Lake. For the Linvilles – Jesse, a basketball coach, and Abby, a soccer coach – the trip around Indiana showed off the wide variety of the state’s terrain. “We saw everything from dunes to gorges,” said Jesse Linville and Cooper enjoy a hike at Whitewater Memorial State Park. (Photo provided by Abby Linville) Abby. “And we met a lot of great people. We also found the parks were even more beautiful in the At each park, the Linvilles made it a point to get winter.” their photo taken at the entrance sign. The only Abby said she and her husband decided up front place that didn’t happen was at Dunes State Park. to visit all of the parks. “We both enjoyed the parks “Just when we were about to get our photo, a huge when we were kids and we went back this time thunderstorm hit. It was a crazy downpour. because we like hiking and backpacking. We don’t “That’s our excuse to come back to Dunes State care about things like whether a park has a pool or Park,” she said. tennis courts; we wanted to be outside.” This year, she and Jesse plan to visit each of the The one amenity they particularly liked is that state forests, and like the trips to the various state all of Indiana’s state parks are pet friendly. That parks, this also will be random. This time, though, meant their dog, Cooper, could accompany them on they will be accompanied by their fi ve-month-old their hikes, although he occasionally had to be car- daughter, Hazel. ried across a small stream. Harman and Haffner made a New Year’s resolu- The Linvilles didn’t do a lot of advance planning tion in 2012 to visit all the state parks, and they for their year-long adventure. Whenever they had completed their resolution in December when they time, they’d get in their car and head out to a state visited Brown County State Park, the closest park park. to their home in Bloomington. THE February 21, 2013 Page 3 Welcome to the NEW place in town to meet friends! Come join us for some upscale “pub grub” including Shepherd’s Pie, Fish & Chips, Scotch Eggs and an array of steaks, seafood and burgers. You’ll love our well-appointed bar with a great selection of beer, wine and cocktails. Jesse and Abby Linville at the entrance to Ouabache State Park. Crawford’s is the friendly neighborhood place to relax (Photo provided by Jesse and Abby Linville) and enjoy some unique food offerings with friends The two IU graduate students like to hike, camp and family – every night is fun at Crawfords! and bird watch. “I always tell people how much fun it is to get out and camp and also how inexpensive it Monday-Wednesday 1/2 Price Appetizers from 4-7 pm can be. Camping brings friends and family togeth- Thursday 1/2 Price Burgers er,” said Harman. She recalled one time they forget their tent, and Friday AYCE Fish & Chips with the help of others in the campground used Saturday AYCE Lake Perch and AYCE Frog Legs a tarp and borrowed rope and created their own campsite. 1/2 Price Ribs All Day Sunday Crawford’s Pub and Eatery (Next to the Clarion Inn and Suites) 5820 Franklin Street Michigan City IN 46360 219-879-8900 / crawfordspub.comom Hours Monday thru Thursday Open at 4 ppmm Friday thru Sunday Open at 11 amm RELAXING BAR ɿ FAMILY-FRIENDLY RESTAURANT ɿ SMOKE-FREE ENVIRONMENT Nathan Haffner at McCormick’s Creek State Park in Spencer. (Photo provided by Laura Harman) Haffner said the journey was an opportunity to learn about Indiana. “There’s so much more in Indi- ana than people realize. I feel like I know a lot more about my state and take more pride in my state.” Harman said McCormick’s Creek, Turkey Run and Clifty Falls were among her favorite parks, but she said the best camping was at Tippecanoe and Versailles state parks. Harman and Haffner spent a lot of time planning their trip. She said that was important. “We needed to know that we were going to do what we said we were going to do.” State Parks Continued on Page 4 THE Page 4 February 21, 2013 State Parks Continued from Page 3 Sometimes they would camp overnight and oth- er times they would spend a day or half a day at a park. During one stretch of the journey they visited fi ve parks in fi ve days. “That kept us going,” said Harman. “We met and talked with a lot of the naturalists at the parks,” said Harman, adding that the infor- Laura Harman mation provided by the naturalists made their visit takes in to the park more enjoyable. the view at They visited more than half of the parks in the McCormick’s Creek State summer. And while the beauty of the park was in Park. full bloom then, Harman said many of the parks (Photo provided were so crowded “it’s like you weren’t getting away by Nathan at all.” Haffner) Laura Harman inches along a narrow INDIANA STATE PARKS passage Nearest Year while hiking at Spring Mill State Park Size City Opened State Park. McCormick’s Creek 1,924 ac. Spencer 1916 (Photo provided Turkey Run 2,382 ac. Marshal 1916 by Nathan Haffner) Clifty Falls 1,416 ac. Madison 1920 Indiana Dunes 2,182 ac. Porter 1925 Pokagon 1,260 ac. Angola 1925 Spring Mill 1,358 ac. Mitchell 1927 Brown County 15,776 ac. Nashville 1929 Shakamak 1,766 ac. Jasonville 1929 Mounds 290 ac. Anderson 1930 Harman said the real beauty of Indiana’s state Lincoln 1,847 ac. Lincoln City 1932 parks is best observed in winter. “There was snow Tippecanoe River 2,761 ac. Winamac 1943 on the ground when we visited Brown County,” she said. Versailles 5,988 ac. Versailles 1943 Haffner said the trip helped him learn about Shades 3,082 ac. Waveland 1947 himself. “The best thing for me was connecting with Whitewater Memorial 1,710 ac. Liberty 1949 nature. My dad loved camping and hiking and this Chain O’ Lakes 2,718 ac.
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