Hayrides and Hot Dogs is a program we dreamed up in order to attract people for hayrides in May. On Thursday evenings in May we provide a campfire, complete with hot dogs, drinks and an old-fashioned hayride. Hundreds of people of all ages have participated and have loved it. Customers include families with young kids, and even a few van-loads from retirement homes. We now offer the same program Thursday evenings in October.
Some people have no group affiliation.
This program reaches out to them. The mules have put a little pizazz into our shelter rentals. The team has also appeared in parades promoting the park district. It has also been featured at special events, and has even pulled Christmas Carolers consisting of park district employees and their families with one park board member, around a local shopping center parking lot. It's not enough to have a good team of horses or mules.