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Midwest Best Bangs for your Bucks
By Sam Moulton
Vol. 6, No. 1 |
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$1—Pick up two packs of wintergreen LifeSaver’s and hook up with the members of Indiana University’s Spelunking Club, who know southern Indiana’s limestone caves—and that wintergreen mints, when crunched, glow in the dark. www.indiana.edu/~iusc.
$5—Ditch the crowds and head to Michigan’s South Manitou Island. The serene island is home to a small stand of five-foot-in-diameter, pre-Columbian northern white cedars and campsites are just five bucks. 231-326-5134; www.nps.gov/slbe.
$10—To float Missouri’s Current River by innertube rent Big Spring Canoe and Tube’s “Cadillac” version—with a mesh covering over the middle, but, alas, no beer holder. 800-567-8701; www.bigspringcanoe.com.
$20—Rent a kayak from Blue Heron Landing and paddle out into the massive heron and egret rookeries of Horicon Marsh an hour north of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 920-485-4663; www.horiconmarsh.com.
$50—Go it alone, partner up or form a foursome. Regardless of your team makeup, the five-sport, 25-mile Hemisphere Adventure Race, held each September in Fairport, Ohio, costs just $50 per person. 800-669-9226; www.lakemetroparks.com.
$100—Grand Marais, Minnesota’s North House Folk School teaches traditional northern crafts—everything from Norwegian wool embroidery to flintnapping. Our recommendation: The daylong Inuit kayak paddle-making workshop. 218-387-9762; www.northhouse.org.
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