October fun

Getting ready for the corn maze at Belluz farm

October in Thunder Bay is a busy time with Thanksgiving and Halloween happening in the same month. One activity that we went to in October was the Belluz Farm pumpkin fest. Naturally there were plenty of pumpkins involved, but there was corn too. A favourite of the kids and adults alike was the cornfield maze. We entered thinking that it would be easy and over in moments - not so. There were mini stations to visit along the way and the field was definitely NOT small. We didn't exactly get lost - but we din't exactly know where we were either. the solution to getting out was all about trial and error with kids running in different directions trying different paths and getting Jill concerned.

Apart from the maze we also took a trailer ride around the farm, guessed the weight of pumpkins and searched for hidden pumpkins in another corn field. The kids got to keep the pumpkins that they found in the field and we bought a large pumpkin to carve as a Jack-o-Lantern for Halloween. Because Ian guessed the correct weight of the bought pumpkin to within 1/2 a pound - we got to choose yet another pumpkin! So by the end of our visit we were taking home 2 large pumpkins and 3 small ones.

All up it was a really nice family afternoon.