忘れる前に・・・Corn Maze!

10月の上旬に、『Corn Maze(とうもろこし迷路）』に行ったことを書きます。
Back towards the beginning of October we went to check out a "Corn Maze" out in the countryside!

その名の通り、トウモロコシ畑全体が迷路になっている迷路です。トウモロコシを見ると、実がたくさんついていたので、収穫するためではなく、毎年迷路用にトウモロコシが植えてあるようです。
Karina had been before, but this was our first time to a Corn Maze.  As the name implies, it is a field of corn that has had a maze cut into it.  This particular variety of corn grows tall and is good for two things: cow grazing and maze building!  It's a strange idea, but also a lot of fun!  The admission fee helps raise a bit of money for the local Food Bank! It's also good for stimulating terrible jokes, like: I am sure glad we came here because this is aMAIZing! And other such corny comments....oops, there I go again.

Steveが口にしているのはクイズの質問が書いてある紙です。迷路のところどころに番号が書かれてある札が立てられていて、その番号に対応するクイズに答えます。答えによって「右に曲がれ」「左に曲がれ」と次に進む方向が決まります。（でも質問がとても難しかったので、私たちは自由に迷路を動き回りました(*^^)vそして迷いました・・・）
Here is Steve showing one of the cobs of corn.  He is holding one of the question sheets in his mouth.  There are numbered sign-posts scattered throughout the maze - which corresponds to a question on the sheet.  Depending on what you think the answer is, you proceed either right or left.  There were a variety of themed question sheets at the entrance, and we seemed to have picked up one of the more difficult ones...so we just started "going with our gut"....ya, ...we got pretty lost.

迷った時は、迷路の中央にある展望台で自分たちの位置を確認できます。トウモロコシは思ったより背が高くて回りが見えませんでした！
We somehow made our way to the raised lookout at the center of the maze where we were able to sort ourselves out.  The corn was much taller than I am, so it was easy to get lost!  Karina told me that another  year was a bad crop and the stocks sagged over...  I would have rocked that maze like David Bowie in Labyrinth! (loose translation)
去年は、天候が悪く、トウモロコシの背が低かったので、簡単に迷路の順路が分ったそうです(^^)。

敷地内には、迷路だけではなく、餌をやったり触れるようになっている動物、ちょっとしたパーティーができるような場所、ゴーカートがありました。
It wasn't all just a Maze of Maize, there was a farm animal petting zoo, some picnic tables and fire pits to "make a little party", and peddle go-carts, too!  There were plenty of families and kids there that day.
私たちが行った日は、子ども会のパーティーがあったようで、たくさん子どもたちがいました(^^)

初めてのコーン・メイズ（トウモロコシの迷路）楽しかったです（*^_^*）
Well, it was our first Corn Maze!  Thanks Karina and Joan!