Wandering the Pumpkinville Corn Maze

Linda and I went to Mitchellville to try our skills in a corn maze. Neither of us really quite knew what to expect but figured we'd give it a shot. We paid our admission and received our instructions. First, they showed me a map of the maze; a bit surprising but appreciated. The map looked like a farm: house, barn, trees, and windmill. Our job was to navigate the maze searching for posts with hole punches with various shapes (like star, flower, circle, square.) When / if we found a punch, we were to punch out the corresponding image on the little white ticket we were given.

As we entered the maze, a couple of women were coming out. One asked the other if she got them all. "All but two. They should tell you how far you have to walk." Hmmm...

We travelled the base line of the maze, a row that apparently hadn't been planted in the spring. From time to time, clear paths branched off to the right. We were getting the idea. We turned up one of the paths and found a punch... then another! We were on! It took a while to find our third. I counted twenty punches in the maze. We set a time limit. When we found a punch at the end of four of five vanes of the windmill, it seemed possible. We went over our time limit and, like the lady on our way in, found all but two. It was a good time to be outside.