Proving That There's More Than Corn in Indiana

This is the announcement you've all been waiting for... Indiana Beach, located on beautiful Lake Shafer is officially open for the season this weekend on May 1st.

That's right, folks. Time to put on your Sunday best (your clean wolf t-shirt, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. hat and shredded up jorts) and head over to your favorite Indiana amusement park. Well, favorite one located in Monticello, at least. And there's some exciting news for you tried and true Hoosiers out there - they are even now offering for the first time ever Season Passes! For the low price of $99.95, you can have unlimited use of their rides and water park all season long. But I think I'll skip on the rides and just enjoy the free admission.

There's nothing better on a hot summer day to sit and watch the crowd at Indiana Beach. It's as if you've gone back in time to 1989. Well, everyone else has except for you. The colors of neon fanny packs rival the brightness of the hot July sun. Sounds of Guns N' Roses "Welcome to the Jungle" blast on the Himalaya ride as middle aged men scream, "Faster!" And the smells of popcorn-eating 20 lb. carp and funnel cake fill the air.

What I love best, besides the 2-for-1 deal you can get on matching his/hers airbrushed t-shirts, is the fact that the "beach" in "Indiana Beach" isn't even real! It's just poured concrete with some sand dumped on top of it. It's as if to remind people in Indiana that they're not a fancy, ocean side resort. We're just sand on hard concrete, just the way you like it.

If any of you venture over to Indiana Beach this summer, send me pictures of some of the fine specimen of Hoosiers you find there and I'll post them up on this blog for all to enjoy. Kind of like our very own People of Walmart!