We went up to the Temecula Wine Country to visit a new pumpkin patch. We usually drive to Escondido to Bates Nut Farm, but with gas prices as high as they are we really didn't see it necessary to drive for an hour just to get a pumpkin when there are perfectly good pumpkins growing alongside the grapevines up in Wine Country. It was soooooo hot that day! I am sure my friends and family that don't live in Southern California are experiencing a real Autumn, but we are still in Summer mode out here.
The pumpkin patch had a really cool corn maze. None of us had ever been in one before. We started walking in it and got lost pretty much right away. I kept having this fear that Faith would say, "I gotta go peeee!" , and then we'd really be up the creek without a paddle. We were lost, and I'm going to blame it on Ethan because he volunteered himself to be our guide. Eventually we made it out of the maze, and Ethan was gracious enough to return back to the maze because, as he says, he "needs to help the civilians get out of the maze." So he went back into the maze to help out the folks who got lost, and Travis and I took Faith to ride the pony. Eventually we got around to picking out our pumpkins, a pair of seriously overpriced ones, and then headed home. The whole time we were there the 2 wineries across the street were mocking me, calling to me, " Shawna, we know you are hot and parched, come over to the dark side and sip a cold Merlot or a sweet dessert wine.".
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