I don't know how Halloween is done anywhere else. Where we live, we don't just have corn mazes...we have theme parks. There are two Halloween-themed destinations right across the highway from each other near where we live.
The AWHC is a huge park that is dedicated to showing what life was like "back in the day." Being fanatics of oldness, we were in heaven. They have live animals cruising around (with live smells to sweeten the deal), replicated pioneer buildings, and plenty of old farm equipment. They also do Baby Animal Days in the spring, which is super popular.
We started with the train ride, then the pony ride. After that it was on to the hay mazes, spider net crawly thingy, and the hay jump. While there, my daughter saw a kid throw a handful of straw in the air and she got so excited. She looked at me like "We're allowed to do that?" You know that moment when your otherwise normal child suddenly switches over in CRAZY kid mode? That was it. She started kicking up straw and throwing it by the armful. I immediately saw where this was leading and I got her out of there. That, and there were kids jumping off the spider net from above and I just knew she was going to get hit. Even with my fast acting I still spent the next few minutes pulling straw out of her hair. Fun? Yeah.
We threw a tomahawk and launched some gourds. Then we moved on to Kyla's favorite part: the giant slide. The AWHC folks put down some huge plastic banners on a steep hill to create a slide. It's a little bumpy in places, but a lot of fun. My daughter, who is normally very cautious and picky about the slides she goes down, took off down this on her belly without any hesitation. You have to take off your shoes though, which made hiking back to the top a little tricky. It was worth it.
Overall, our experience was fantastic. We would definitely go back again!
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| The Straw Maze |
