| Day 1 |
| 9:30 am |
Flea Market
Visit the Midwest’s Largest Outdoor Flea Market with over 1100 vendors. |
| 12:30 pm |
Light Lunch at the Blue Gate Restaurant |
| 1:30 pm |
Shop Downtown Shipshewana
Shop the 100+ unique stores in downtown Shipshewana. Visit the Davis Mercantile with 24 stores, 2 bakeries/cafés, JoJo’s Soft Pretzels, a Puppet Theatre, and a 1906 Carousel. |
| 2:00 pm |
RV Factory / Buggy Rides / Backroads Tour
Visit the manufacturing facility of Jayco RV’s. Then enjoy a relaxing Backroads tour of the country, visit a loom shop, cheese factory, and visit an Amish farm watch the evening milking. After all you touring is done enjoy a delicious Thrasher’s meal in an Amish Home. |
| 6:00 pm |
Check in to Host Hotel |
| 7:30 pm |
The Dixie
Enjoy an old-fashioned one-hour cruise on The Dixie, Indiana’s oldest stern wheel paddleboat. This cruise will take you around Lake Webster and will highlight points of interest as well as historical information on the lake and the surrounding community |
| Day 2 |
| 9:30 am |
Biomet
Tour Biomet, Inc. one of the four manufacturers of orthopedic implements headquartered in Kosciusko County. During this tour you will learn how orthopedic implements (knees, hips, etc.) are created from raw material through packing to hospitals. |
| 11:00 am |
Warsaw Biblical Gardens
Warsaw Biblical Gardens is a unique garden of Biblical plants. This garden was started in 1986 and has since grown to be the 3rd largest of its kind in the United States and offers more spices of plants than any other with the exception of the Holy Lands. |
| 12:00 pm |
Lunch in the Gardens
Enjoy this Biblical Style lunch that is both fun and education. Guides explain your meal and the meaning of different foods during Biblical times. |
| 1:30 pm |
Billy Sunday Historic Site Museum & Visitor Center
Learn about the famous evangelist Billy Sunday while you tour his home, which is located in historic Winona Lake. Billy Sunday preached to millions in the early days of evangelism. |
| 3:00 pm |
Emma’s Decorated Eggs
Be spiritually uplifted by Emma's presentation of her collection of decorative eggs. Each egg has been painted, cut, or otherwise decorated to make everything from necklaces to ornaments to photo albums. Emma has crafted over 8,000 decorated eggs. And The Hallmark Ornament Museum is the only complete collection of Hallmark Ornaments on public display. |
| 6:30 pm |
Dinner with Al Capone - Barbee Hotel
Step back in time to the heyday of gangsters in Kosciusko County. Al Capone, John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson were just a few of the gangsters who hid out in Kosciusko County. The Historic Barbee Hotel was their hangout and pity the soul who was staying there when the gang arrived! Experience the era of gangsters as your group meets Al Capone and hears some of his wildest tales about his gang, women and whiskey. You will also be entertained by some of the greatest music of the era from Bunny Love and her deep, sweet, sexy voice.
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Contact:
JoDee Hooley, LaGrange County Convention & Visitors Bureau
Phone: 800-254-8090 or
Sharon Gosnell, Kosciusko County Convention & Visitors Bureau
Phone: 800-800-6090
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