Sunday, October 25, 2015

Hauta Celebrate Fall

Nolan and I celebrated fall yesterday by going to Sever's Corn Maze and Fall Festival. Sever's, which started in 1997, is the second oldest corn maze in the United States. The oldest began a year earlier in Pennsylvania.

Nolan, who was a big fan of mazes on paper as a child, was happy to lead us through the adult-sized maze. He did a fine job. This year's maze was dedicated to firefighters. The center of the maze was shaped like a fire truck.

The maze was very well manicured and kept us out of the wind that was blowing that day. We found all 26 signs that gave us interesting information on firefighters and the history of firefighters in America.

For me the runaway hit was the corn pit. 10,000 bushels of corn contribute to a corn pool you could sink into. when I stepped in I sank down almost knee-high and I don't think I was quite at the bottom. It was surprisingly fun to trudge through and crawl around in.

Nolan got his kicks by burying me up to my head in corn. We had to be careful of the kernels which can be lodged into ears and nostrils. The last thing I wanted was ears of corn. The corn, however, found its way into other crevices and we spent the rest of our day shaking it out of our pants and pockets. Totally worth it.

Along with the corn pit and the corn maze there were many other attractions. There was an area called Parakeet Landing where colorful parakeets fly free. They will gladly land on a feeding stick for a while.

Nolan enjoyed the opportunity to see and pet the baby zebra at the exotic petting zoo. Also present were kangaroos, owls, cavies, emus, water buffalo, and many more. This zebra was Nolan's favorite.

Along with magic shows, pumpkin launchers and zip lines, I really enjoyed the dixieland music of the Blue Ox Jazz Babies.

We even had time for a little tractor posing and some roasted sweet corn. Fall is a great season to celebrate!

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