Indiana Dunes was designated a National Lakeshore in 1966, and became Indiana's only national park in 2019. Indiana State Park is right next door, and operates separately.
The park has a wonderful mix of habitat from the lake, to the shore, marshes, woodlands and prairies. We did some birding on the Great Marsh Trail.
We hiked to the Bailly Homestead, the National Historical Landmark home of Joseph Bailly de Messein, a fur trader who established a trading post here and developed this region of Indiana. His trading post was the only stopping place between Chicago and Detroit.
Then hit the BEACH!
Asher fished while Journey did gymnastics.
When Asher and Journey were tiny babies living in Las Vegas, we went to a picnic and met another family with twins just a couple months older than ours. Our families instantly became friends and the kids grew up together as best friends. We enjoyed regular play dates and sleep overs with Jett and Ava, until one day they moved away. A year later they moved back just as we were packing up for our big adventure. Well recently they moved to Indiana, so we visited them on our way thru the state. We enjoyed a lovely dinner at their home and had so much fun reconnecting the kids did not want to leave. They ended up sleeping over and we went back for dinner again the next night. We love our friends and are so happy to have spent more time together.
Michigan.
We made a 15 minute stop just so Asher could catch a fish in Michigan.
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