Strands of spider web and the detritus of sneeze weed are visible on the dry, hot days of late August and September.

Pieces of nature float around the Indiana summer-scape like schools of children in Lake Michigan and like cousins enjoying an early morning campfire at Mississinewa Reservoir.

The sweet friendship between a horse-lover and animal at McCormick's Creek State Park, or a Swiss niece making snapshots a few feet from where Lewis and Clark began their discovery of the unknown West -- all are labor's desire when Hoosiers travel to their favorite hideouts.

Enjoy the pages that follow and check out the Indiana tourism Web site at www.enjoyindiana.com or call toll free 1-888-Enjoy-IN.

-- Steve Polston, senior editor

Lifeguard supervisor Bruce Riffle and guard Meagan Curtis on Lake Michigan at Indiana Dunes State Park.

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