PUMPKIN PATCH MAIZE

Can anyone get enough of Sauvie Island? This summer we were usually at Kroeger's for their u-pickem berries but now that fall (and the rain) has arrived, we went a mile further to the Pumpkin Patch to check out their Corn MAiZE.

The corn is tall, really tall, and you can’t help but notice the little rhizome thingies at the base of the stalks that look like clusters of toes (corn grows this way?) and the paths are wide enough for a stroller. It seems pretty easy at first, the dead ends are obvious and the paths that lead nowhere are a gimmie. Then you get to the bridge. Fantastic! Then you get to the hard part.

After getting lost in the giant wheel of the tractor the bickering begins. "We already went that way, look! We did that! Jesus, just decide!" The little trivia cards we picked out at the beginning that give you hints of which way to turn when you reach a numbered post were whipped out. Star Navigation says: How many stars make up the constellation Lyar? a. 4 (turn left) b. 6 (turn right) c. 8 (turn left). OK, switch cards, Movies/Music/TV says: How old was country singer Dolly Parton when her first record, Puppy Love was released? OK, switch cards. Tiny Tots says: A duck says: 1. Quack (turn left).
We're not to proud -- we used the Tiny Tots.

We ate hot buttered corn with salt and pepper and homemade peach cobbler, picked a fresh bunch of flowers from their u-pickum garden for .80 cents, bought a great big bag of vegetables and pears for the week for less than $10, and will go back again.