Wake up with the chickens over breakfast at Creighton’s Crazy Egg Cafe, an offshoot of Creighton Brothers egg business that began in 1925 and annually produces about 1 billion eggs.
After fueling up , explore the area’s many scenic hiking or biking trails.
Old Chinworth Bridge Trail, a two-mile out-and-back paved route, starts at an iron-truss bridge across the Tippecanoe River. Built for $2,500 in 1897, it is on the National Register of Historical Places.
Winona Lake Trails offers a 10-mile network of single-track zigs and zags with enough technical stretches to keep it interesting.
Hike or bike the nearby Heritage Trail, an easy 1.8-mile out-and-back trek that skirts Winona Lake before finishing in the deep woods of the former Chicago Boys Club Camp.
Get even closer to nature at Pisgah Marsh. A boardwalk accesses the state-managed area’s diverse habitat (grassland, marsh, lake and forest) that supports numerous plant and animal species. It’s a great bird watching site.
Take a breather at the Syracuse-Wawasee Historical Museum (Native American artifacts, mastodon tooth, Spink Hotel switchboard and more) and then skip across the street to the Syracuse-Wawasee Trail or a swim at Syracuse-Wawasee Trail or a swim at Syracuse Lake Park beach.
Dine at Chubbie’s Pub & Grub or Peterson’s Fish, top it off with a hand-dipped gourmet treat at Joe’s Ice Cream Supreme, and finish with a relaxing cruise on Lake Wawasee aboard the SS Lillypad.