Lance's World of Wander: Fall Vacation / Part III / Pumpkin Patch Paradise

Heading westward on I-40, travelers pass thru Moriarty NM just before reaching the mountain range near Albuquerque. To me, Moriarty was always a sign I was getting close to home, a commune of some kind there, just not much happening. I’ve driven thru dozens of times – never stopped. When my eldest nephew, Daniel, suggested we go to McCall’s Pumpkin Patch in Moriarty, I was none too excited. Thou away we went. Almost everything was low-tech, but very well done and we had a blast! It was a highlight of our vacation. I hope you enjoy the pictures!

Cattle Drive!

Brandon and Connor - "Steering" a Longhorn

Giant Bounce Pillow - Very Cool!

Brandon, Daniel, and Ryan - Boing!

Connor, Daniel, and Lance's Right Foot - Excellent Photography!

Brandon Going Down!

Brandon Coming Out!

Pumpkin Cannon!

Noelle Considers Brandon

Lance and Boys On Top of a Hay Pyramid

A New Friend - Nice Goat

Goat Climbing Towers - Awesome!

Cranking a Treat to the One Horned Surly White Goat

One Horned Surly White Goat Waits for Treat

Aerial View of 2006 Corn Maze

2007 Corn Maze

We were lost in the corn maze for 1.5 hours! Early on, we kept running into this young couple ("Hey, you look familiar". "Have we met before?" Ha, Ha, Ha). We did not see them again for quite some time, maybe 45 minutes, and we finally ran into them again. We said, "Wow, you are still in here, too?". They said, "No, we made it out, ate some lunch, and now we are back in again!" I think we should have followed them. We have an all-terrain stroller, but it was difficult to navigate Noelle in the stroller because the corn maze had deep grooves for irrigation (~12 inches wide). My forearms received quite the workout! You are provided with trivia questions (you chose the topics in advance) in conjunction with numbered signs within the maze to give you clues as to the right direction (watching television in the 70s finally pays off).