Elkhart Ice Cream Parlor: Vanilla Bean Creamery

 Vanilla Bean Creamery is on Main Street in Elkhart.  They have very good ice cream at a reasonable price; a scoop is 3.69 and two scoops $5.  I had a peanut butter cup (Elk Tracks) and lemon ice cream.  They do not have ices or sherbets.  The boys with me all had cookies and creams.  

Exotic Birds at Linton Enchanted Garden

 Among everything else at Linton Garden are a few birds to enjoy.

Pulaski Park in Elkhart Indiana

Pulaski Park is a historical location park.  It also has a pedestrian bridge going over the Saint Joseph River to Island Park.  There is a nice flower garden.  It is located where there once was a ford over the river on the Fort Wayne Road which traveled from Chicago to Detroit.  Post office established in 1829 and city laid out in 1832.  Name of post office changed fro Pulaski to Elkhart in 1839.  

 

Views of Elkhart 2026

 I saw lots of neat stuff in Elkhart this year.  I saw the History Museum and the Visitor Center.  We also ate at many different locations.  It was also very wet.  Here are some views.

outside the Visitor Center

in Goshen

duck crossing

mural by the train station

by the train station

train station

on the sidewalk

on the green

Quilt Garden on the green

quilt garden at Elkhart Environmental Center

at 17th and 6th

Jackson and Prairie Streets

Buffalo on 17th Street,  One side is Elkhart and the other Bristol 

Disappointments the Elk at 17th and Verdant is no longer there.  Mayberry's restaurant was closed due to no electricity on acccount of the weather.  

Butterfly Garden at Linton Gardens in Elkhart on Highway 17

 Where the quilt garden use to be at Linton Gardens there is now a butterfly garden.