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Their little faces were alight when they found him, Minotaur, at the center of the large maze—the tall walls built of hay bales. Their little bodies were dripping with sweat, and their faces flushed, from running round and around the maze. And at last having found him, Minotaur, they received a gift, a golden pumpkin; their reward for their perseverance and daring search.
Every year, for the past 15-years or so, come rain and mud or shine, we’ve taken the family to Arata’s Pumpkin Patch in Half Moon Bay, California. What began as our little family of five, two daughters and one son has now grown to add spouses and grandchildren. What a treat it is for my hubby and me. Two’s company and many more is a happy crowd!
Every couple of years Arata’s Pumpkin Patch adds some new attraction to sweeten the visit—bringing in more customers—for those of us that are coming from a distance, and usually forced to sit in a fair-amount-of-time in heavy traffic, as we inch our way through the steep mountain on a two-lane road.
Every year we’ve taken more and more people with us, adding to the caravan of cars, adding to the population at the pumpkin patch. And this year was no different than any other. We all met at the appointed time, piled in the cars, having packed sandwiches and snacks and drinks for the ride.
The children and grandchildren disembarked from the cars with great excitement, and anticipation of picking out pumpkins, visiting the haunted house, watching the medieval sword fighting, and, last but not least, a daring of one another as to who would brave the maze and come out in the least amount of time spent lost!
After the fact, pictures taken by everyone were quickly uploaded unto Facebook. And wouldn’t you believe the huge response we’ve had, from curious and envious family (that couldn’t go) and friends.
Time well spent; and another year to look forward to.
