Day: October 23, 2011

After paying, we stop at the maze entrance to get instructions and then step into the maze…

Our map. Very cute and not scary! So glad for this.

Our map of the maze.

The blue lines are paths. We were told to find 6 mailboxes with hole punches. We had to match the hole punch with the symbol along the edge. Get the 6 punches and you get a secret word. Easy enough!

Before heading into the corn.

Heading down the path in the corn.

We ended up on a raised platform at one point and got to see the maze at a higher elevation. It was huge! There was another raised platform along the back of the maze but we never saw it again. There was also what looked to be a pyramid, never got to see that up close either! We had to have been in here an hour.

We found our first mailbox, with the pharaohs.

Isabel didn’t like this pharaoh but she at least stood by it for a picture.

Our first punch was a “staff”.

Onto the next one!… we never did find other mailbox. We ended up outside of the maze at one point and even got to see a large coiled burlap snake in a huge “wicker” basket. That was cool to see but no other mailboxes. I got so turned around after walking through one of many dark tunnels. Have to give the farm credit though, they have a great corn maze and the pumpkins are a fantastic price too!

Our dirty pumpkins need a bath!

Getting a good scrubbing.

Isabel with her pumpkin. I think she likes it.

Our pumpkins. We’ll carve them later in the week.

This morning after church we headed down to the valley and into a pumpkin patch. We didn’t realize how popular the place would be on a Sunday. However it didn’t seem at all busy as we looked around. The smells were wonderful, mixed with roasted corn, caramel apples, dirt, and crisp air. We took our time looking around at first and then headed into the corn maze to get lost! Enjoy!

 

We were lucky enough to get parking right along the driveway of the farm. We only had to walk through the gate and back to the entrance.

We headed under the covered area first to see all the different gourds and squash. So many varieties!

Chilacayote squash or fig-leaf gourd.

Heirloom French squash. Very knobby looking.

Cinderella pumpkins.

Sweet dumpling squash.

Didn’t see the name for this squash. Very different then the ones above.

Pink banana squash.

Knucklehead pumpkins.

We visit the pumpkin house and get a quick photo. Before moving on to the pumpkin patch. I should have had Gino take a picture of Isabel and I… oh well.

Heading out into the pumpkin patch, where giant spiders are waiting to greet us. The spiders were made from hay bales and PVC pipe.

Since this was such a big trip, I’ll break it up into 2 postings. We headed over to the tractor trike races and the rope maze. Neither one of these appealed to Isabel but she did want to go through the HUGE corn maze. So we headed over and got in line.