Fall Break

On Thursday we went to our local corn maze and had a pretty good time wandering in the dead corn. Since it was an extra long weekend, Kaitlin came home for another visit.

Plotting our next move. The maze was very big.

One of several look out points.

We snuck into the kids princess area just so we could sit in the coach. We were disappointed that the princess dresses didn't fit us.

One of two tractor rides. This one was much less bumpy. We learned from the first tractor ride why pioneers preferred to walk rather than riding in the wagon.

Kaitlin on the hamster wheel. I think this game looked funner than it actually was.

Our favorite activity was the simon says corn maze. You spin the wheel and whatever action you landed on you had to do until you found the next wheel in the maze.  We went through the maze holding arms and hissing like a snake, walking big goofy steps, and clucking like chickens, among other things.  People all around us looked at us like we were crazy, but hey, they were in the simon says corn maze too so we didn't know what their problem was.

My personal favorite was the corn pit.  I decided I wanted one in my basement  (notice that I am the only adult in the corn pit - their loss).

One of several photo ops we took.

On Saturday we drove up to visit my mom where we went to a real pumpkin patch. This was not a pumpkin patch of lies like the commercial one by our house. In verity the pumpkins actually grew in this spot.

There were so many excellent pumpkins in this patch, I am sure that the Great Pumpkin will appear there this Halloween. Luckily we had some pocket knives to cut them from their stems.

This patch was owned by a friend of my mother's. 

We picked the very best ones, we are pretty sure. Notice matching sweaters/theme of stripes. Ruth missed the memo.

Above the cemetery where my father is buried are some caves where my dad played when he was a kid. We had to go check them out.

Jared was a very good "stomper" the whole hike there to keep rattle snakes away.  The inside of the cave was very small and full of poop/scat.

We also did an autumn craft with pressed leaves that my mother had prepared.  This is a craft that her mother did with her.