Cool Patch Pumpkins provides enjoyable in getting misplaced at large corn maze

DIXON, Calif. (AP) — The house owners of a large Northern California corn maze as soon as topped the world’s largest need guests to recollect that there’s enjoyable in getting misplaced.

“It is confusing. It’s exciting, and in a world of GPS and constant signage, you always know where you are, where you’re going,” mentioned Tayler Cooley, whose household owns Cool Patch Pumpkins. “When you’re in the corn, everything looks the same until you pop up on a bridge and you’re like, ‘Oh wait, I’m all the way over here. I thought I was over there.’”

The pumpkin patch and corn maze alongside Interstate 80 between Sacramento and San Francisco are open as soon as once more for the autumn season by means of Halloween. Back in 2007 and once more in 2014, Cool Patch Pumpkins earned a spot within the Guinness Book of World Records because the world’s largest corn maze.

The maze — unfold out over 40 acres (16.2 hectares) — sometimes takes at the least 45 minutes to finish and options 5 totally different bridges that permit maze-goers to rise above the stalks. It can be recognized for the frilly designs the group creates within the maze that may be seen from overhead. This 12 months’s maze celebrates farmers. Previous seasons honored veterans and first responders with large murals included within the maze design.

“Everything is done by hand,” Cooley mentioned. “We want to communicate something fun and exciting, and then we build our pathways around that.”

On a latest afternoon, guests from close to and much wound their means by means of the maze.

“I have no sense of direction, and we could spend all day here. That’s fine. We have water. We’ll survive, three days,” mentioned Ryan Moore, who was visiting from Hawaii.

Likewise, Shelley Tang from Redwood City, California, joked there’s all the time corn to eat in the event that they get misplaced.

“My children have a better sense of direction than me, so I’ll be following them,” she mentioned.

A corn maze in Quebec, Canada, in addition to these in Minnesota and Illinois, additionally boast record-breaking mazes, both by acreage or mileage.

Beyond the maze, Cool Patch includes a corn bathtub for toddlers filled with 150,000 kilos (68 kilograms) of dried corn.

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This story has been corrected to point out that Cooley’s first identify is spelled Tayler, not Taylor, to point out that Tang’s first identify is spelled Shelley, not Shelly, and to take away the wrong pronoun “his” within the fourth paragraph. It additionally clarifies that Cooley is a part of the household that owns Cool Patch Pumpkins, not the only proprietor.