End of the Day
Eating My Knees. Adria loved the cart rides.
Kanyon as a ScarecrowThere was plenty to do at the farm. We first rode in a train of small carts pulled behind a tractor (Case IH). The carts were made out of the same plastic barrels as Tyler's go-kart and spaceship. My knees didn't fit too well. After the cart ride we went through a corn maze. Then we went on a hay ride. They put some straw bales on a flatbed trailer, just like the one grandpa used to have. I told Lisa they used that trailer for homecoming parades, etc. After the hay ride we had a look at the farm animals (a few chickens, four goats, two sheep, two calves, and a piggy we stole from the shed). We then had lunch.
After another ride on the carts we visited the pumpkin patch. Their pumpkin prices were a little higher than Wal-Mart's, so we had to settle for the baby-sized pumpkins. Despite the goats-head thorns that Adria picked up on her bottom when she sat in the field it was a great day. The kids didn't quarrel once. I asked Lisa if she would let me work on the weekends at the farm. I'm sure they pay about $5/hour. One of the kids driving a tractor for the hay rides must have been no older than eleven. Oh, to be raised on a farm!




