Saturday, October 18, 2008

Recommendation of the Month: May Farms

Sitting on goat heads

'em are some big punkins


End of the Day

"Crack Kills"


Eating My Knees. Adria loved the cart rides.

Did anyone bring water?

Homecoming Royalty '08


Kanyon as a Scarecrow

There 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!