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This or that or the other as a kid----hayride , cornstalk maze or pick your own pumpkin? Mine was the maze. How about (Original Post) debm55 Sep 2025 OP
I loved both but the maze was my favorite of the two...I also liked/like pumpkin patches too, very seasony and fun... wcmagumba Sep 2025 #1
Thank you wcmagumba. I liked the pick your own pumbkin patch , too. debm55 Sep 2025 #2
The corn maze wasn't yet a thing in my yoot EYESORE 9001 Sep 2025 #3
Thank you so much, EYESORE 9001, Go to a farm and go to the maze now. It's fun. debm55 Sep 2025 #5
I've been with kids & grandchildren EYESORE 9001 Sep 2025 #7
Thank you, EYESORE 9001, I knew you would enjoy it. debm55 Sep 2025 #11
we lived n the city and never did any of that... FirstLight Sep 2025 #4
Thank you very much, FirstLight. You are never too old to try it now. It's fun. to do all three. debm55 Sep 2025 #6
With my 22yr old moving back in FirstLight Sep 2025 #10
That sounds like a wonderful idea. Thank you FirstLight. debm55 Sep 2025 #12
I used to drive a team pulling hay rides SheltieLover Sep 2025 #8
Wow, that is great. Thank you SheltieLover. debm55 Sep 2025 #9
Well, this one was a bust for me, catbyte Sep 2025 #13
Oh , I am so sorry, catbyte. Everything around here is just getting started. I'm not the biggest fan of Halloween. , But debm55 Sep 2025 #14
I'm sure if you lived in a urban area, going to the country would be fun, but... catbyte Sep 2025 #18
I see where you are coming from. debm55 Sep 2025 #20
Sorry Parents didn't do those things justaprogressive Sep 2025 #15
Sorry, but you can still do it now. No one is ever too old to have fun. debm55 Sep 2025 #16
Hayride all the way JMCKUSICK Sep 2025 #17
Thanks John, You need to try the maze. debm55 Sep 2025 #19
Pick my own pumpkin! Elessar Zappa Sep 2025 #21
Thank you Elessar Zappa. The farm I took my son to, would take you there by hayride as it was in the far part of the debm55 Sep 2025 #22
A Couple Hayrides ProfessorGAC Sep 2025 #23
Thank you very much, ProfessorGAC. Around here , we have farms that still do the traditional corn mazes, hay rides, and debm55 Sep 2025 #24

wcmagumba

(6,636 posts)
1. I loved both but the maze was my favorite of the two...I also liked/like pumpkin patches too, very seasony and fun...
Wed Sep 10, 2025, 01:06 PM
Sep 2025

EYESORE 9001

(29,885 posts)
3. The corn maze wasn't yet a thing in my yoot
Wed Sep 10, 2025, 01:10 PM
Sep 2025

I grew to appreciate the snug, comfy confines of a hayride once I discovered the existence of girls.

EYESORE 9001

(29,885 posts)
7. I've been with kids & grandchildren
Wed Sep 10, 2025, 01:20 PM
Sep 2025

Yeah, they’re fun. Especially jumping out and scaring people 😳😱

FirstLight

(15,771 posts)
4. we lived n the city and never did any of that...
Wed Sep 10, 2025, 01:12 PM
Sep 2025

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)
6. Thank you very much, FirstLight. You are never too old to try it now. It's fun. to do all three.
Wed Sep 10, 2025, 01:16 PM
Sep 2025

FirstLight

(15,771 posts)
10. With my 22yr old moving back in
Wed Sep 10, 2025, 01:36 PM
Sep 2025

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.

catbyte

(39,308 posts)
13. Well, this one was a bust for me,
Wed Sep 10, 2025, 03:03 PM
Sep 2025

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)
14. Oh , I am so sorry, catbyte. Everything around here is just getting started. I'm not the biggest fan of Halloween. , But
Wed Sep 10, 2025, 03:18 PM
Sep 2025

I do like being out in the country at the farm we would go to.

catbyte

(39,308 posts)
18. I'm sure if you lived in a urban area, going to the country would be fun, but...
Wed Sep 10, 2025, 04:54 PM
Sep 2025

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)
22. Thank you Elessar Zappa. The farm I took my son to, would take you there by hayride as it was in the far part of the
Wed Sep 10, 2025, 06:57 PM
Sep 2025

field. Loved it.

ProfessorGAC

(77,277 posts)
23. A Couple Hayrides
Wed Sep 10, 2025, 07:58 PM
Sep 2025

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)
24. Thank you very much, ProfessorGAC. Around here , we have farms that still do the traditional corn mazes, hay rides, and
Wed Sep 10, 2025, 08:44 PM
Sep 2025

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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