This year's "Driftless Safari" is underway

The 2018 Winneshiek Driftless Safari will begin Memorial Day weekend.

Driftless Safari is a scavenger hunt that covers all of Winneshiek County and runs from Memorial Day until Halloween. The program is free and open to the public.  The program's guidebook and map feature 20 locations across the county, all highlighting a unique natural, historical, or cultural place. Once at a site, participants follow clues in the guidebook to find a wooden post affixed with a special tile, using that tile to make a crayon rubbing in their guidebook as proof of their visit. The Safari sites can be visited in any order.

Participants who are able to visit at least fifteen of the twenty Safari sites will receive coupons for discounted ice cream from Sugar Bowl Ice Cream Company in Decorah and will be entered into drawings for additional prizes.

 To participate in Driftless Safari, pick up a free map and guidebook any time beginning Friday.  The materials are available at any Winneshiek County public library during their operating hours--Calmar Public Library (101 S. Washington Street), Decorah Public Library (202 Winnebago Street), Fort Atkinson Public Library (302 3rd Street NW), Ossian Public Library (123 West Main Street), and Spillville Public Library (201 Oak Street).

Further information on the Driftless Safari program can be found at www.driftless-safari.org or by calling (563) 534-7145.