Family Time: Elli's Harvest Home (Pumpkin Patch and Corn Maze)

We spent our weekend going on short road trips, and first we went to the Elli's Harvest Home in Lingle, Wyoming where the pumpkin patch and the corn maze are located. Now that we have two growing kids, we wanted to make a visit to the Pumpkin patch somewhat a tradition. Our little man HF was really eager to go and was looking forward to some fun times at the farm. 

We also didn't want to miss the Corn Maze because by looking at it on their website, it looked really interesting. And to be honest, I have never been to a corn maze before until then. At first I felt a little uncomfortable and claustrophobic, like the walls (or corn) are closing in on me, but I started to enjoy the wandering in the corn maze experience until we couldn't find our way out. My husband and I worked together as a team and started marking our way and we finally figured out the way. What a relief! 

Before our visit to the farm was over, we ordered a little bit of food (chili was good), bought some produce, and we went home. All in all, our kids were happy and we were too. But the highlight of it all was when my son got to ride the Loader for the very first time. He was very proud and excited when he was in the loader and the kind man showed him how it works while loading up some hay. That was an awesome treat for our young man. 

And To The Pumpkin Patch We Went

To be honest with you, this trip was our first Pumpkin Patch visit ever. Well, at least for me and the kids. Growing up in the Philippines we didn't have a pumpkin patch to go to or even celebrate the same tradition. I was really excited to go and my little man as well so he could go to a place where there are other kids to play with, to have fun and the admission is for free. Yes, free admission and all kid's activities are for free, except for the barrel train ride and the things you can buy at the store. We went to the patch a little late in the day so we didn't really get to see a whole lot. We hope to come back next year and be there early. It made it hard for my little boy to leave the place because he had such a great time, but it was time to head back home. Grammy's Pumpkin Patch wasn't that far from us, I think it is about 7 miles from Galva. I am glad we got to go. We bought some grass finished beef stew and ground beef and yesterday I made some stew, and boy it was good. I can really taste the difference of the flavor of the beef. Here are some photos taken that day at the Grammy's.

Someone was not too happy about being close to that scarecrow.

Thor's Hammer
There was some pumpkin smashing happening at this area.

Hay slide.

It's funny because these two chickens look exactly like our chickens Feathers and Peanut. They were the two that came up to us.

Have you found the pumpkin you like, sweetie?

Thank you Grammy's Pumpkin Patch for having such a fun place for all kids and kids at heart to go to and enjoy. The folks were really nice and it was amazing to find out that the farm had been in the family for 110 years, if I remembered it right. It sure made us miss our own farm and thought maybe we should have our own pumpkin patch someday.

BPC