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About Emiley Matherly

Emiley Matherly contributes to the Indiana Insider Blog as a member of the Indiana Office of Tourism Development team. Emiley's ten years of tourism experience is enhanced by the pleasures and challenges of travel planning for a young family. Emiley, along with her husband and three-year old daughter, most enjoys the rural tourism attractions, arts and food that are unique to the Hoosier state.

Love a Good Haunt

I know it’s not Halloween yet, but I love a good haunt. Some biker buddies told me about the Tunnelton Tunnel. The tunnel, built in 1857 on a CSX Railroad line, is over a mile long (pitch black, you’ll need Read more >

Catch the Color

I recently met a few riders that gave me a great location to catch the fall color – Skyline Drive, Brownstown (about 1.5 hours south of Indianapolis). Skyline Drive is located in Jackson/Washington State Forest (Brownstown is just outside) and Read more >

Rent a car? RENT A BIKE!

In response to an inquiry about renting bikes while in town for the Red Bull Indianapolis GP: Event officials have located a Harley Davidson dealership that has a small fleet of rental bikes available. Indy West Harley Davidson 6201 Cambridge Read more >

Blaze a trail around the lakes of Northern Indiana

Check out the Northern Indiana Lakes Country ride on LiveIndiana.net. Warsaw and Syracuse connect to bring riders an awesome experience around nearly a dozen Indiana lakes. Kosciusko County boasts its natural surroundings including wooded shorelines, beaches and wetlands.

In your own backyard …

If you are looking for a summer trip and don’t want to travel a long way maybe it is time you look around and find an affordable getaway in your own backyard. Who needs to drive all the way out Read more >

Don’t Just Ride It–Design It

I thought you may want to check out a new feature on the Red Bull Indianapolis GP site, promoting the inaugural Moto GP event at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. You can download bike and helmet templates to design. More than Read more >