The sun is shining, the air is crisp but not cold, and the leaves are peaking in beautiful oranges and reds. What a wonderful day to wander around a maze mowed into a 10 acre corn maze in Central New York. Today was not one of those days. It was wet, it was cloudy, and it was cold. Yet about one hundred local kindergartners, along with teachers and chaperons, wandered the pathways of CNY's Largest Corn Maze at Wolf Oak Acres in Oneida. But wander was not all they did. Dressed in layers and donning hats and mittens mostly likely for the first time this season they took a hay ride, played in a pit of corn kernels, took a ride on a "cow train", and watched a pig race. Despite the bad weather, they spent over two hours outside on the farm.
Maybe it was all those fun activities, maybe it was the popcorn, maybe it was the hot apple cider, or perhaps just the fun of the farm that kept all those five year olds in good spirits in the frigid temps. Whatever it was, it is probably the same thing that has already brought thousands to the field on Creek Road in the farm's first season of fall fun operation.
The crowds may be large, but so are the bills. Owner Katrina Blanchard says the price of keeping the tanks of her four tractors full is "astronomical". But don't expect the cost passed on to visitors. Blanchard says jacking up the prices doesn't make any sense, the most important thing is that people get the hands on experience and fun of the farm. Wolf Oak Acres caters to those that could use that fun the most, offering discounts for children with disabilities, servicemen and women, and of course students. By the final weekend Blanchard says they will have treated at least three thousand students to a day of a corny fun.
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Neat report on corn maze and supplementing farm income. The reporter is fabulous...will do well in the future. Maybe is one word unless used in a sentence like; I may be able to lift that box.
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