GREAT LAKES OF NORTH AMERICA
Enjoy the fi ery foliage along Indiana's back roads
Winter shopping
Once the snow fl ies, Indiana’s pace appreciate the resort’s Kid’s Fun Park
INDIANA IS
quickens in DEARBORN COUNTY, and Kid’s Snow Camp, offering downhill
WHERE THE
with snowmobiling, downhill and cross- skiing and snowboarding (www.
country skiing, and snowboarding at paolipeaks.com).
STYLE OF
Perfect North Slopes (www.perfectnorth.
TODAY AND
com). STEUBEN COUNTY’S
Pokagon State Park features Indiana’s MICHIGAN
www.michigan.org
You can really get
THE LURE OF
only refrigerated toboggan run, an your teeth into the Wolverine State
YESTERYEAR
exhilarating 90ft series of dips and rises at any time of the year, but autumn
that take just 20-30 seconds to traverse and winter bring out a stark beauty
ARE COSY
from top to bottom! in Michigan that simply has to be
COMPANIONS
Potawatomi Inn, nestled within the witnessed to be believed.
park’s boundaries on the shore of Lake Just to begin with, the northern
James, features a warm, welcoming region, most notably the Upper
a casino, horse-riding and world-class lodge-style accommodation with an Peninsula (the state is split into two
golf will slow your pace as the last days elegant, woodsy ambiance – a restful parts, the ‘mainland’ lower peninsula
of summer wind down. The historic haven after a day on the track. and the upper part, surrounded by Lakes
French Lick Springs and West Baden Stay in the French Lick area for Superior, Huron and Michigan), offers
Springs hotels both offer luxurious PAOLI PEAKS ski resort’s 17 trails some of the most best fall foliage in
retreats when evenings turn cold. (Beginner, Family, and Diffi cult), 3 America. Drive up into the extensive
Sample the state’s liquid bounty snowboarding terrain parks, and
along the Indiana Wine Trail in the Arctic Blast snow-tubing. Children will CONTINUES OVER...
south-east, starting in BATESVILLE
and COMMISKEY, then winding Snowboarding, Indiana
along the Ohio River through
MADISON and VEVAY (www.
indianawinetrailcom). If the lure of
yesteryear is more appealing, PARKE
COUNTY is the covered bridge capital
of the world, boasting 31 historic
bridges. ROCKVILLE hosts an annual
10-day festival, starting the second
Friday in October, celebrating the area’s
heritage with crafts, live entertainment,
regional foods and guided tours.
To the north, Amish Country
offers more small-town charm and
genuine historic overtones as you tour
the likes of BRISTOL, ELKHART,
GOSHEN and SHIPSHEWANA (www.
amishcountry.com).
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