Winter is coming - a fact which becomes harder to ignore with our brisk mornings and shorter days. But for a few more weeks, it's pumpkin season. We weren't able to grow our own pumpkins this year, so we headed off to the northwest side of Bangor, where we spent the day at the Treworgy Family Farm.
First, the kids utilized their highly developed sense of direction (which they clearly get from their mother- NOT!), to guide us through the corn maze. This year's maze was in the shape of a locomotive, which Thane found delightful. After an hour of deliriously wandering, parched by the scorching sun, we finally stumbled upon the exit. Well, that's a bit of an exaggeration, but it sure felt like it at times. These farm folks are marketing geniuses, though. That ice cream seemed downright essential by the end of the maze!
After lunch, we sped off to the 3 acre pumpkin patch, where Annabel was just sure we'd NEVER find the perfect pumpkin. She needn't have worried.
The tractor hay ride was a blast, and driving past the apple orchard was just too tempting to pass up. We came home with a couple of bushels full of fresh, crisp Macs.
We picked some lovely fall raspberries from the greenhouse, and then enjoyed our ice cream cones and some apple cider donuts at the farm stand.
The kids chanted "Hooray for pumpkins!" almost the entire way home. Hooray indeed.
