Happy Halloween!

This is the first and probably only year we did a family costume...

Here's the side view of mine so you can tell what I am. Hopefully.

Tony did a great job on our pumpkin! We finally got the right tools.

Waiting for other trick-or-treaters. We don't get many...

Fall in a small town

Fall is so much fun here. The weather is cool enough to be bearable, and sometimes not too rainy, so that it is the best time to enjoy South Carolina outdoors. Plus there are lots of festivals in all the surrounding small towns, as well as farm events.

We always enjoy the  Pendleton Harvest Festival.
This year, they added a scavenger hunt, presented by a local leadership club. We liked it very much, although I think they can tweak it for next year. For our 4 entry fees totalling $12 (I think), we got three T-shirts (I didn't taken a 4th, although we could have), the scavenger hunt of local historical landmarks, and 8 chances in a raffle! Christopher won a $25 certificate at a local pizza place, and John won a frisbee game! Plus, the scavenger hunt was a little ambitious. I think they could have had 6 or 7 stops on the route, instead of 9.
Anyway, the fall festival was definitely more fun this year than just walking around and looking at local crafts.

We met Henry, June, and Georgie there.

Here are John and Christopher sharing a mint chocolate brownie from the Village Bakery.

 

 

Our other fall favorite, that we sometimes miss because of admission price, is the Denver Downs Corn Maze, presented by a local farm in September and October each year. They had definitely added attractions since the last time we had been (two years ago?).

 

The hay barn is always a favorite.

John likes the trolley, but you have to be at least 5 to do it, letting Christopher out.

They had a row of hay about a quarter mile long that was good for parkour.

"Where's John?"

A smaller hay stack for the enthusiastic but novice climbers.

 

This is the selfie of Christopher and me on the cow train.

New to us this year was the giant corn cob pillow. It was really good for bouncing!

The duck races are a perennial favorite.

And the eponymous corn maze! We started getting lost after the first stop. However, we found 6, 7, 8, and 12, about three times each. I was seriously starting to worry that we might not find our way out...

I love fall!

My new work colleague

I met him on my way to the restroom in the "office" the other day. He seems focused and quiet. He does make a sort of chewing sound when he eats. Which seems to be all the time...