Dig the Dunes will lead a bus trip to see the annual fall sandhill crane migration from the Upper Midwest to Georgia and Florida for the winter starting 1 p.m. Nov.
16 at Journeyman Distillery at 258 S. Campbell St. in Valparaiso.
The annual event is back due to popular demand. "I have gone to see the cranes for years and one of my goals was to bring others to enjoy it," Dig the Dunes founder Eve Wierzbicki said. "It’s a magical experience! Last year we took our first bus trip there and people loved it.
They started asking me if I was going to do it again, so I decided to go this year as well." Listen now and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Feed | SoundStack People can meet at the distillery at 1 p.m.
if they want to sign up for a lunch, which will include a wrap, fries and two beverages in a private room at Journeyman Distillery's American Factory campus. They'll also get a goodie bag that includes a coupon for a free Sandy Pause yoga class at Marina Shores in Portage. The public can meet at 2:30 p.
m. if they're just getting on the bus, which will be a Luxury Cardinal Motorcoach with Wi-Fi and a restroom. They can bring a canned alcoholic beverage if they choose.
People can see sandhill cranes at the Jasper-Pulaski Wildlife Area from 3:30 to 4:40 p.m. The sun will set at 4:31 p.
m., by which most of the cranes will have returned to the marshy areas to roost. Attendees are expected to be able to see thousands of sandhill cranes from the viewing ar.
