MEMORIAL DAY SPRING FORAY
May 26 – 29, 2006
Holiday Inn (Executive Conference Center and Holidome)
5820 Franklin St.,  Michigan City,  IN  46360  (219) 879-0311

* Remember - All Times are CDT  *

Friday, 26 May

4:00 p.m.                      Hotel Check in  (If rooms are ready, time may be earlier)

3:00 – 8:00 p.m.            Foray Registration adjacent to the Holiday Inn Ballroom        

5:30 - 7:30 p.m.             Dinner on your own at nearby restaurants

7:30 p.m.                      Welcome and Foray Orientation in the Holiday Inn Ballroom

8:00 p.m.                      Guest Speaker, Mark Reshkin, “Geology of the Indiana Dunes”

Mark is Emeritus Professor of Geosciences, Indiana University, Northwest.

Saturday, 27 May

7:00 - 8:30 a.m.             Buffet Breakfast and pick up box lunches

8:00 a.m.                      Depart for Full Day Trips from the Holiday Inn parking lot

8:30 a.m.                      Depart for Morning Half Day Trips from the Holiday Inn parking lot

Noon – 1:00 p.m.          Box Lunch at field trip site OR at the Holiday Inn, ballroom/meeting room/lobbies

1:00 p.m.                      Departure of Afternoon Half Day trips from Holiday Inn parking lot

5:00 p.m.                      Michigan Botanical Foundation Meeting

6:00 p.m.                      Ballroom open for Buffet Dinner  

7:30 p.m.                      Announcements and Presentation of Distinguished Service Award

8:00 p.m.                      Guest Speaker, Barbara Plampin, “Alien and Introduced Species “

Barbara is Life Director of the Shirley Heinze Land Trust

Sunday, 28 May  

7:00 - 8:30 a.m.             Buffet Breakfast and pick up box lunches

8:00 a.m.                      Depart for Full Day Trips from the Holiday Inn parking lot

8:30 a.m.                      Depart for Morning Half Day Trips from the Holiday Inn parking lot

Noon –1:00p.m.              Box Lunch at field trip site OR in the Holiday Inn ballroom/lobbies  

1:00p.m.                       Departure of Afternoon Half Day trips from Holiday Inn parking lot

5:00- 6:00 p.m.              Michigan Botanical Club Board Meeting

6:00 p.m.                      Ballroom open for Buffet Dinner

7:30 p.m.                      Michigan Botanical Foundation and MBC Board meeting reports

                                    Door Prizes!!  

8:00 p.m.               Guest Speaker, Noel Pavlovic,  “Flora and Ecology of the Indiana Dunes”
                             Noel is a plant ecologist with the U. S. Geological Survey at the Lake Michigan Ecological Research Station.

Monday, 29 May

7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.      Buffet Breakfast and pick up box lunches

8:30 a.m.                      Depart from Holiday Inn parking lot for “On the Way Home” field trips

11:00 a.m.                     Checkout time for Holiday Inn