Corn Maze

This Saturday I went on a fun fall outing with new friends. I had been to Sauvie Island before, just north of Portland, but it was pleasant to go during a different season. A popular farm there offers a pumpkin patch, hayrides, and a 5-acre cornfield maze - a perfect excursion on a cool autumn evening. I had actually met up with Gabe and Lesa once before, about a year ago when I first moved to Portland. They had moved from Phoenix to Portland in 2007 and we had a couple of mutual friends. After some recent communication on Facebook and Flickr, they invited me out on this little venture with some other friends.

After working the graveyard shift lately it was enjoyable, yet strange, to be out and about during daylight hours surrounded by lots of people. There was pumpkin picking, hay romping, animal bleating, and hot apple cider sipping all around me. And then, of course, there were the muffled screeches coming from the corn maze. This complex and intricate maze led us down paths on which we got lost for about 45 minutes. But half the fun is getting lost because it provides a certain camaraderie.

Afterwards we went to eat at a little southern style restaurant called Miss Delta. We had a cozy little shared meal of fried okra, sweet potato fries, and mulled wine over conversation and lots of laughter.