Rivalry

Yesterday was a gorgeous late summer day.  The humidity finally left us, and the sun felt good.  So I headed over to Lyman Orchards to attempt the Corn Maze.  It was truly a-maze-ing!  Quite a feat, even with computers, to get this cut with such detail. 

We were given a map - which was pretty useless to me - and a series of clues that told you which way to turn (if you answered the questions correctly) at each of ten marker poles.  The paths all had plastic fencing to keep anyone from cutting through the corn, but if you had your ears open, you could hear kids 'announcing' that they had found the next pole.  Families with lots of kids had a distinct advantage, as they sent one kid off in each direction to do the scouting.  There were even two bridges from which you could see some of the pole markers, giving you a good idea of the direction you needed to go.

The corn stalks were at least ten feet tall, and the ears of corn were getting big.  Not sure if it was cow corn or going to get on someone's table in the near future, but the afternoon was enjoyable.