Indian Summer

I had a fantastic holiday weekend with Lee. The weather was perfectly amazing and the weekend was chock-full of nuttiness.

Friday started with lunch at Ruby Tuesday, then off to Jumbo's Pumpkin Patch. We roamed around the farm, took a hayride, and picked our own pumpkins in the pumpkin patch.

The highlight of Jumbo’s was the corn maze. We were told it took most people 30 to 40 minutes to complete the maze, assuming they didn’t get lost. So, we paid our $4 and into the corn we went!

We roamed through the maze for around for about 15 minutes before somehow ending up back at the entrance. Oops. We tried heading a different direction, but landed at a dead end. About 15 feet through the corn, we could see another part of the path, so Lee suggested we cut through the corn and see where that path led. I didn’t object, so we took a detour into the corn and found ourselves in a new part of the maze. We continued around a bend and, shockingly, found ourselves at the maze’s exit. Huh? We just looked at one another and burst into hysterical laugher. Victory (albeit dishonestly achieved) was ours!

When the hay ride returned a few minutes later to pick us up, the tractor driver said, “I’ve never seen anyone get through the maze so quickly! How did you do it?” Lee convincingly replied, “I’m not really sure, but we did run quite a bit, which helped. We made one bad turn and ended up at a dead end, but other than that, we were just really lucky in our choices, I guess.” She was completely dumbfounded.

Later, we went to see Quarantine. Pretty darn good horror flick! I jumped out of my seat and actually yelped out loud a few times, which I NEVER do at movies, but I couldn’t help myself. It was scary! Then we spent the evening sipping lattes and chatting at Baltimore Coffee and Tea.

Saturday, we had lunch at Thai Rice and went to Catoctin Colorfest, a farts and crap show in Thurmont. All I can say is: what a bunch of over-priced junk! There wasn’t one thing I would even consider buying, yet most people were ambling around with armloads of stuff. Madness! But Lee and I had a good time walking around, people-watching, and laughing at the country crap for sale. Our favorite thing was a ridiculous plaque with hand-painted letters reading, “God Bless the Moon – and God Bless...” then a piece of paper taped to the plaque, with a scribble: “YOUR CHILD’S NAME HERE.” Who’s buying that?!

We stopped again at Baltimore Coffee for another caffeinated beverage and a long talk on the patio. That night, we ordered pizza from the local pizza shop and stayed in to watch DVDs.

Today, we did some window shopping in downtown Frederick and had lunch at Proof, before making one final visit to Baltimore Coffee and heading off to the airport.

A perfect way to spend a long weekend.