Monday, November 2, 2009

Minnesota Adventure

The Buchmuellers, friends from back in New York, came to visit us this past weekend. In an attempt to do something Minnesotan, we decided to visit Severs Corn Maze in Shakopee (http://www.severscornmaze.com/scornmaze.com/). Along the same lines as the Outlook Hotel in the movie The Shining, Severs has a massive maze which you walk inside. However, instead of hedges, the maze is slowed into a corn field. The idea is an excellent one. The execution was o.k. at best. Although traveling though the maze was enjoyable, and the kids liked it, the puzzle itself was not particularly diificult. Each turn you took ended up somewhere. There were no dead ends or chances to get yourself lost. Nevertheless, we took pictures inside the corn stalks, and had a good time.


We went for the maze, fun some other attractions at the "festival" were more interesting. Beyond the standard petting zoo, and pony rides, Severs had a 3' deep corn kernal pit. Diving right in, one got to essentially swin in corn. Although you don't sink in more than a foot or so, you can certainly dig down or dive in. Needless to say, we were finding corn in some unusual places for the next few hours.


Another fun spectacle was the pig races. No highbrow horse racing here. No Bostonian dog track. This was three not-so-little pigs running around an oval in a race for a single mini donut. It was a laugh, and the kids got to root for Hammah Montana over Arnold Snortzenneggar. A couple of cheese curds later, and we were headed home.
The whole thing had a bit of a "county fair" feel, and was surely a lcoal experience.

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