Cornmazing!

This afternoon, my daughter and I (and a few friends from our homeschool group), ventured to the Preston Farms Corn Maze in Preston, CT for a scavenger hunt amongst the stalks. Our mission was to locate 16 stamping stations, each named for a well-known guitarist: Elvis Presley, Sheryl Crow, Bon Jovi, Keith Urban, etc. Could you guess that the theme of the 2006 maze was Rock n' Roll, or that the maze was dubbed Cornstalk (you know, like Woodstock)? After almost an hour, I found only eight stations. My daughter located ten. None of us found all sixteen.

Preston Farms creates this maze every year, beginning the design process in the fall and finishing it before planting time in the spring. The corn is tall enough to open the maze to visitors in August and, generally, sturdy enough (though dead and dry) to allow "mazers" until early November. In fact, this weekend marks the end of the local mazing season.

If you would like to learn more about mazes (and labyrinths), check out these resources: Labyrinthos and the Labyrinth Society. For directions to the Preston Farms Corn Maze, click here. Have an amazing time!