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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsThis or that or the other as a kid----hayride , cornstalk maze or pick your own pumpkin? Mine was the maze. How about
you?
wcmagumba
(6,636 posts)debm55
(61,732 posts)EYESORE 9001
(29,885 posts)I grew to appreciate the snug, comfy confines of a hayride once I discovered the existence of girls.
debm55
(61,732 posts)EYESORE 9001
(29,885 posts)Yeah, theyre fun. Especially jumping out and scaring people 😳😱
debm55
(61,732 posts)FirstLight
(15,771 posts)When I was 7, Dad bought the property in Sonoma, so our fall was sent stoppng by old Rasmussen's Farm/Orchard to get some boxes of apples, etc. I loved playing with his barn kitties, and we rode the tractor a bit...
debm55
(61,732 posts)FirstLight
(15,771 posts)That might be a fun idea fr us on a weekend when he has the day off, Apple Hill is in the EldDorado foothills and has a whole bunch of cool stuff... we haven't been there since they were little.
debm55
(61,732 posts)SheltieLover
(81,715 posts)debm55
(61,732 posts)catbyte
(39,308 posts)I loathed the one hayride I was on because the tractor exhaust stunk, the hay was itchy, and it was boring, no corn maze because the cornfields were nothing but stubble by late August/early September, and we got our pumpkin from the local store.
Halloween is my least favorite holiday. I hated dressing up and a lot of the candy and stuff like popcorn balls sucked.
debm55
(61,732 posts)I do like being out in the country at the farm we would go to.
catbyte
(39,308 posts)when you grow up surrounded by farms, it loses its appeal -- especially when you're downwind from a chicken farm when they're cleaning it, ugh. Or when farmers are spreading manure to fertilize their crops, lol. 🤢
debm55
(61,732 posts)justaprogressive
(7,164 posts)miniature golf by myself or with my brother.
debm55
(61,732 posts)JMCKUSICK
(6,616 posts)debm55
(61,732 posts)Elessar Zappa
(16,385 posts)debm55
(61,732 posts)field. Loved it.
ProfessorGAC
(77,277 posts)That's about it.
Corn mazes weren't a thing around here until I was in my forties. I think i would have lived it as a kid.
Halloween was more a one or 2 day thing for us when we were kids.
debm55
(61,732 posts)pick a pumpkin. It starts in mid September and lasts until late October. You and Mrs. ProfessorGAC should go and give it a try.
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