Autumn Adventures 🍂 🎃

Today is BEAUTIFUL!

Seattle is lucky to always have a few gorgeous autumn days. Today has been an absolute stunner. Blue skies, leaves changing colors and warm temperatures meant perfect conditions for adventuring!

We loaded up our pooches and headed for a pumpkin patch and corn maze.

But first we got lost.... 😑

Well, not really lost, but Google Maps sent us 33 MILES past where we were supposed to go! The Facebook page of the patch had a “click here” for directions link. Which sent us to a lumber mill waaaaaaay past our stop. And I knew it was happening but wasn’t more adamant to my “driver” that we stop when we passed what I suspected was our destination.

Circle on the left was supposed to be our stop but we drove ALL THE WAY to the pinned spot on the right. 🤦🏻‍♀️

Thank goodness the drive was lovely.

Mountains

Forested hills.

Finally, we arrived at Biringers Black Crow Pumpkins and Corn Maze.

Spidy senses are tingling...

We chose this particular spot because it is dog friendly. Dogs are allowed into both the pumpkin patch and the corn maze at Biringer. As a result more dogs were here than kids.

Our pup Jasper having a good sniff of a cute little Yorkie.

Before hitting the maze and pumpkin patch we needed a snack. Biringer delivered. The farm has a small coffee stand offering drinks and autumn themed treats. We split a large cup of cinnamon sugar doughnuts.

Mmmmmm... pumpkin pie.

There was a small fee to go into the maze. However, we never found anyone collecting money. So our fee was very small. 🤫

And they’re off!

Looking towards the North Cascades over the cornstalks.

More dogie encounters.

Looking a little wind blown in the maze.

Hubs wishes he was home watching the Bruins play hockey.

After completing the corn maze in record time (we actually just walked out the same path we walked in), it was time to head for the pumpkin patch.

Pumpkins on the left, corn on the right.

Pumpkins as far as the eye can see.

The humble pumpkin is actually a fruit and NOT a vegetable. It’s closest relatives are the cucumber and watermelon. Pumpkins are native to North America and have been cultivated here for 5,000 years.

Hello pumpkin!

All pumpkins are edible, but the types used for carving generally have a low sugar content and thin stringy flesh. This makes them easy to carve but not as tasty as other pumpkin varieties. Pumpkins most suitable for jack-o-lanterns generally weight 8-40lbs from the vine.

When your dogs are shorter than pumpkins.

I love the contrast of the orange pumpkins with the blue sky.🧡

Small shop selling Halloween decor and cider.

We wrapped up our visit by exploring the main entry area of the property. There was a tiny shop selling Halloween decor and a miniature kids maze made out of hay. There was also a “graveyard” and some unique types of gourds for sale.

The graveyard.