I missed Tip Tuesday...
I'm off to a great start, eh?
I promise there was a good reason, though. I took the opportunity of having a day off to decompress. I literally watched 3 Halloween movies in a row, and stayed in my pajamas until 4pm. Granted, I did get up and organize laundry, cook dinner, make a grocery list, and went food shopping, but the majority of the day was spent in the recognition that I just needed a break.
So today is Wild Card Wednesday! Today's topic? Adventure in the Connors Farm Haunted Farm!
Two years ago, I found a Groupon for a haunted corn maze at a farm in the town I grew up in. I figured, why not? So fiance and I headed out with his best friend. And boy did we have a blast!
Last year we missed out on the festivities. We planned on going, but unfortunately between our schedules and the rain, it didn't work out. This year we were determined to go again. This time we fortunately added another girl to the party, so I wasn't the only one screaming.
In getting VIP tickets, we got to surpass the looooooooong line in which people were waiting. We stepped up to the area where we were to begin the adventure. Already there was a scary costumed person splattered with "blood" and what seemed to be entrails in his hands.
I will try not to give a lot away in case you readers decide to go. I will tell you that it started with my least favorite thing- clowns. Now, when I went 2 years ago, the scariest thing by far was the haunted woods with the clowns. I remember one particular clown with arm extensions that came galloping towards us that in turn made me collapse into a freaked out fit. I remember the boys grabbing my arms and gently guiding me forward to get away from that part.
Well, that clown was back, except this time, he started out the whole thing. We were greeted by that clown. I'm pretty sure I shouted "Are you kidding?!?!? This is how it starts?" That definitely prompted Mr. Clown to come back to us after we completed a certain part of the maze.
The scariest part this year to me was this hulking mass of a dude. He was extremely tall and intimidating. He banged on the wall behind him and started screaming and jumping. As I started to pass him, he got his face right on my shoulder by my ear (without making physical contact of course) and whispered "You smell delicious." I was done. I just kept yelling at fiance "I'm not looking back! I'm not looking back!"
My only complaint was how they spaced out the groups. There was a larger group in front of us, and an even larger group behind us. Technically, our foursome took on another couple. They were cute and nice, and we didn't mind. It was the large group of teenage boys behind us that I really didn't care for. They obviously didn't listen to the people who explain things at the beginning. You're not supposed to run, but a couple of times I heard their screams and their feet pounding. Fiance and I were in the front of our own group, and when we started to catch up with the group in front of us, we decided to hold back so that we could actually get the scares and give the actors time to reset to be able to give us the scares. The large group of boys behind us just started yelling at us that we needed to go on through, and made a couple of rude comments. We debated letting them go ahead of us, but that meant more time spent waiting, and who was to say that the next group wouldn't catch up from that? So we stuck it out. The problem with that was that the actors doing the scares assumed we were one large group, and unfortunately throughout the woods, most of the scares went to the boys because they were in the middle of this seemingly massive group. We spent a bit of time without any scares because the teens were the targets. I wish they had someone out like the first year we went- in the clown woods the first year a woman stopped us at a certain part to more evenly space out the parties. It would've been beneficial to have that again this year.
I was happy when the maze ended. My heart was racing, and my throat was raw from screaming. We got apple cider at the farm, and it definitely helped. I was ready for bed afterwards, and promptly went home to sleep.
Overall, though, there were plenty of scares and frights! It took us a decent amount of time to get through the maze, and the make up and acting is always on point. Most parts of the scenery were amazing as well. I would say all, but there was one vague scene I remember seeing that was clearly just plastic Halloween dead body decorations thrown in and around a container (a bathtub maybe? I was not fully paying attention to the scene. I was terrified of the next scare). If I thought we had time, I would definitely go again. I will be back for next year's, though!
Interested in going? Hysteria! at Connors Farm
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