Last weekend we visited Sherman Farm in our hometown to enjoy the regionally famous “Maize”. I intended to write about the visit sooner, but the following Monday we laid our dog of 14 years, Bear, to rest after a sudden decline in his health.
It’s been a hard week adjusting to a missing companion that’s been with me for almost half my life. I’ve quickly discovered though he is still very much with me and I’m glad he is at peace. Almost a week later, the happy events of today have spurred me to share this post!
Every year this maze, cleverly spelled “maize”, makes the front page of the Conway Daily Sun, and for good reason. This 12 acre maze is nothing short of amazing with its intricate design that changes yearly. After paying the $9 admission fee for both Michelle and I (children under 2 are free) we headed right over to the “The Maize” entrance and listened while an employee gave everyone entering a quick briefing.
Before we entered the confusing labyrinth I snapped a shot of the “map” thinking it might help…
Alex had just woken up, and was still getting over a bit of a cold so he wasn’t very excited during the adventure.
About half way through the maze we climbed a central wooden tower of sorts that provided a good few of the maze and the nearby pumpkin patch that fair goer’s could visit on a hay ride to choose their own pumpkin.
There were quite a few other smaller activities about, but Alex was too young for most of them and we were too old for all of them… except maybe the giant jumping pillow…The giant vats of corn kennels that kids could play in seemed to be a close favorite to the jumping pillow.
Since Alex wasn’t feeling his usual spunky self we decided to can the pumpkin hayride and grabbed a huge bag of kettle corn before heading back to the car. I’m sure we’ll make an annual visit to The Maize every year, and I can’t wait till he’s big enough to enjoy it. While we didn’t get our pumpkins from Sherman Farm this year, we did get out today to Schartners Farm since Michelle had a photo op she wanted to get after Grammie had given us Alex’s Halloween costume.
Alex… if you are reading this many years from now… this was your mother’s idea.
Fall is one of my favorite times of year for adventure, 2nd only to winter. Small New England towns always seem to have cool things to do during the Fall. Does your town have anything like this? What do you do with your kids to celebrate the harvest and changing of the season?
So sorrybto hear about Bear. Glad we got to meet him at the wedding.
Alex makes a great pumpkin!
Michael and Linda