Last night we had an interesting family outing. We did our first ever Corn Maze. It just so happens that the largest Corn Maze in the state of Maryland is 10 minutes down the road in Thurmont. This monstrosity is over 30 acres in size, check out the aerial photo. To make things interesting, it had rained for several days straight prior to our outing so mud was in order. To make things more interesting, it starts at 6p.m and ends at 9p.m so flashlights were necessary.
When we arrived, I couldn’t resist their Pumpkin Cannon so I purchased 6 shots for the boys and I. This thing is so cool, it shoots pumpkins almost 1/2 a mile! The boys didn’t have the strength to operate the trigger so they did the aiming while I pulled the lever. Check out the video!
The rest of the evening was spent attempting to navigate the maze and we failed ever so miserably. The idea was to use your map to find a total of 24 checkpoints within the maze… (We ended up finding four & only by pure luck did we happen to stumble across them.) We had a blast nevertheless and I occupied our time during the walk by scaring the bejeezus out of my “Little Men” with tales of the Head-Less Corn Monster and the nearby cemetery full of zombies!
Here are a few pix…
Checkpoint found, Erick marking the map (for all the good it did).
Maze done, warming up by the fire back in the Teepee. (Amazing we were able to find our way out)
Wendy Looks great and so do the children.
Mike, that Pumpkin canon made me think of that kitty game, hehe
I so want to try the pumpkin cannon! What a blast! When I get back to Maryland I’ll tell the boys the story of The Teeny Tiny Lady (if you haven’t told them already!
The maze was soooo cool. Looks like everyone had a blast almost make me want to take a road trip!!!
OMG you’re right barb… that could have actually served as a real live KITTY CANNON! Don’t you have a few cats to lend me? (EG)
Phyllis, are you referring to the story of the lady in the “Walker” during our remodel at the Mall?