Buffalo preserve hosting Spring Rendezvous
Fremont, Ind.-Wild Winds Buffalo Preserve will host a Spring Rendezvous with calf viewing Saturday and Sunday, June 3 and 4.
This spring, dozens of buffalo will give birth to calves on the 400-acre preserve. Admission is free to the Rendezvous and preserve tours are $6 for adults and $4 per child under 12. Rendezvous hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days. The Rendezvous’1830s encampment features fur traders, blanket traders and home-made crafts. Trade goods will be available for purchase and a buffalo lunch will be served. Frozen buffalo meat also is sold in the gift shop.
The buffalo preserve also hosts weekly buffalo and noodle dinners on Wednesdays from 4 to 6:30 p.m. June 1 through Aug. 31. Meals are $7 per adult and $4 per child under age 8. The menu includes roast buffalo meat, Amish noodles, mashed red potatoes, raised dinner roll and a drink.
Wild Winds Buffalo Preserve is located at 6975 N. Ray Rd., Fremont, north of State Road 120, three miles east of the intersection of Interstate 69 and Interstate 80/90 (the Indiana Toll Road.) For more information and directions, visit www.wildwindsbuffalo.com or call the Steuben County Tourism Bureau at (800) LAKE-101.
Hamilton site of town-wide garage sales
Hamilton, Ind.-Bargain shoppers can hunt for treasures at the annual town-wide garage sales on Saturday, June 10, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
More than 75 individual sales will be held throughout the northeastern Indiana town of Hamilton and around Ball and Hamilton lakes. Maps of the sales are available in front of the fire hall, one block south of the four-way stop.
Free ‘Visit Indiana’ discount cards available locally
A new card offering summer discounts at more than 250 Indiana tourism partners is available free of charge at the Steuben County Tourism Bureau.
The Visit Indiana card is valid May 13 through Sept. 4, 2006. For a complete listing of special offers and participants, visit www.visitindiana.com.
The cards may be picked up at the tourism bureau, 207 S. Wayne St., Angola, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.