March greetings from Rabbit Run Inn
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SPRING BREAK TIME IS HERE
You don’t have to travel far to get away this spring!
At Rabbit Run Inn, benefit from our off-season rates and through May 15, our spring getaway special of “stay three nights, get one night free”.
There’s plenty to do in the area – dining at our numerous restaurants, antiquing and gallery hopping, visiting local farms, vineyards and breweries; walking/hiking our many diverse beaches and nature preserves…
…but, if you enjoy resting and “not doing anything special”, you can be treated to watching our pond and woods come alive from one of our room decks or outdoor gazebos.
“Cocoon” in one of our rooms with cable and Apple TV, WiFi, wet bars with refrigerators and Krups coffee/espresso makers; relax on our sectional sofas.
SUMMER AVAILABILITY
Rabbit Run Inn has only a few rooms available on weekends in July but do plan on taking advantage of our summer week day special (*) as well as making your reservations early for May, June, and August.
Rabbit Run Inn Summer weekday special: stay 4 or 5 weekday nights and get 1 night free. Sunday through Thursday
THE “GREAT MIGRATION”
Looking for a “natural diversion”? Gift yourself, a birding friend or family member to a spring-time stay at Rabbit Run Inn! We have identified as many as twenty different species of birds at the Inn from hawks to warblers and we are fortunate to be located minutes from migration stopovers along the Lake Michigan lakeshore. The “Great Migration” occurs every spring, from mid-April to Memorial Day in our end of Harbor Country. Call 269-405-1050 to reserve your “bird-away” at the Inn and we’ll send you a Berrien County Birding Guide and schedule of spring birding meets in our area.
ENJOY A WINTER PICNIC… YES, A WINTER PICNIC!
Make an afternoon of a picnic at one of our parks and a visit to one of our local farms growing vegetables and micro-greens all year. Reward yourself with your own “eco-tour”!
For a list of local food markets who can provide sandwiches and other picnic items, email the Inn at rabbitruninn@comcast.net. We also have sandwich menus for you to look over when you arrive.
Pruning vines at Hickory Creek
NEW WINE RELEASES, AWARD-WINNING WINES, MINUTES FROM RABBIT RUN INN
Spring-time in the vineyards is a time of preparing the vines and sampling the reserve stock. Here’s the news we have gathered so far from our nearby vineyards (only two of eight!)
*Tabor Hill Vineyards, Baroda
Back by popular demand, re-releases available mid-March: Barrel Select Chardonnay, Gewurztraminer (2.5% sugar), Muscat (1.0% sugar)
*Domaine Berrien Cellars, Baroda
Winner of best in category, 6th Annual Lake Michigan Shore AVA Wine Evaluation: 2010 Crown Cab, 2010 Merlot.
For other area wine news, click on Wine Trail News
Call us for a vineyard map and Frank Piaskowy’s wine-sampling guide.
AREA SPRING EVENT PLANNER: FROM LEGOS TO GOLFING AT LOST DUNES
- St. Joseph: Lego Bricks Cityscape, now until March 23:
Come view, participate and learn during this Lego Bricks Event, at various venues in downtown St. Joseph, a twenty minute drive from the Inn. For more information, visit Lego Build St. Joseph
- Area golf courses open (second and third weekends, March)
Lost Dunes (above), voted one of Michigan’s 10 best golf courses is a ten minute drive from the Inn in nearby Bridgman. The course is hosting a May fundraiser, open to the public. Now taking reservations, visit Lost Dunes May Fundraiser
For a list of public courses and links to their web sites, call or email us; we’d be glad to help plan your spring golf outing!
- Fernwood Botanical Gardens’ Spring Garden Symposium: “Meet the Tastemakers”
Gardeners, cooks, and plant specialists share their wisdom during this annual event at Fernwood Botanial Gardens, in nearby Buchanan. Saturday, March 23, 8:30 am–4:00 pm, www.fernwoodbotanical.org
- Also at Fernwood: come and celebrate Mothers Day, May 12, Brunch, plant sales, miles of groomed walks and woodland trails.
- Hear Arlo Guthrie at Dowagiac Dogwood Fine Arts Festival, May 18
The annual area arts festival in a charming village setting. To learn more, click on Dogwood Festival
For updated spring events and activity listing, check our events calendar at www.rabbitruninn.com/news
We look forward to your first or next visit!
