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Summer Bucket List

Summer is short, and there is so much to do! 

I always like to make a summer bucket list so that I can make sure to squeeze it all in, before summer flies by. What's on your summer bucket list? Here's ours...

🛶 Kayak the Galien River, rentals available through Third Coast Paddling

🏖️ Take a Hike and run down some dunes at Warren Dunes or Indiana Dunes

🔥🍫 Enjoy S’mores under the stars around the bonfire here at Garden Grove Inn (s'mores ingredients and firewood are always available, and complimentary!)

🫐 Pick fruit at any of our amazing local farms 

🍷 Drink wine in a vineyard - a few of our favorites include Round Barn Estate (especially the hiking trails between Round Barn & Tabor Hill!), Hickory Creek, Lemon Creek, Dablon, Domaine Berrien Cellars, and Filkin's (worth the drive!)

🚲 Bike the Red Arrow Linear Trail - Take one of our complimentary bikes for a ride on the newly created sidewalk, south to New Buffalo, and north to Sawyer with all the shops, restuarants, beach access points, and more along the way!

⛳ Improve your golf game with a few rounds at Whitaker Woods or just putt around the ginormous and undulating green modeled after St. Andrews at Welter's Folly at Journeyman Distillery in Three Oaks

🐐 Take a Goat Hike at Verdant Hollow Farm

🐎 Commune with horses at Inner Freedom Horse Barn

💐 Frolick among the flowers, and take some home at a u-pick flower farm like Lavender Bliss Flower Farm or Homecamp Flower Farm

🍦 Eat ALL the ice cream at Neon Moon Gelato, Oink's Dutch Treat, or Nancy's at the Lake 

🎶 Catch some live music at The Acorn Theater (or any of the local wineries, breweries, bars/restaurants, or township parks - which have live music all summer!)

🎭 Enjoy the entertainment of summer theater at the Dunes Theater which has been putting on Summer Theater since 1941!

🌅 Finally, grab a seat on the beach for ALL the sunsets! Michigan sun sets take place post 9 pm ET from now until August 4!!!

 

A collage showcasing outdoor activities including kayaking, exploring sand dunes, enjoying ice cream, and visiting a farm with lavender fields.