Haunted Corn Maze / Blue Mountain Weekend

Friday night the girls were up for a scare so we took them to Mount Brydges to Kusterman's for their Haunted Corn Maze.   It was cold and windy when we arrived and we quickly bought our tickets and proceeded to the corn maze.   We were told a short story before entering and then the girls picked me to go first.  I led followed by Brooke and Fanny arm and arm with Lydia picking up the rear.   We followed the trail and made a few turns until "BANG", a large explosion sound got our attention.  I jumped and the girls screamed and that pretty much was the case the entire corn maze.
We got chased by a crazed man with a chain saw, walked between bodies (see pic below), had numerous people jump out from the corn and after about 15 minutes were done and happy to be alive.

Next with Brooke's cell phone with light turned on in hand we decided to walk through the large corn maze.  The Haunted Corn was no maze as we just followed the path through till the end, this on the other hand was a maze, a very large maze.   It started out fun but after about 1 hour of twists and turns and circling back to spots we had already been we were thankful to find two girls who unlike us had a map and seemed to know where they were going.   We followed them to the exit.   Brooke and Fanny then did the short zip line and then had some fun jumping.  

Saturday morning we were up and driving by 8:30 for the 3 hour drive to Blue Mountain, Ontario's best skiing destination.  It's a great drive down, one which we've done several times before.   This day was cold with some light drizzle so we opted to drive to our hotel and check it.   From there we took the short drive to the top of the escarpment to get some fall photos.   

From there we went back down to the village and bought tickets for the Ridge Runner Mountain Coaster but we were told that due to the rain we would have to wait for them to dry the track so we left and went back to our room.   After a short rest, Brooke, Fanny and myself did the coaster which is over a kilometre down the escarpment.   The sleds come with brakes but we had decided we weren't going to use them.  I later admitted to the girls that I had used my brakes for fear of flying off the track.   Fanny and Lydia took a relaxing dip in the out door hot tub while Brooke and I bought Poutine.   For dinner we went to Wild Wings a restaurant that specializes in chicken wings and have 101 different flavours for which to choose.  The wings were excellent but we ate too much and were all ready for relaxing night back in our hotel room.   After having some issues with getting the in-room movie to work we watched 22 Jump Street.   

Sunday morning we checked out by 11 and drove up the escarpment to the Scenic Caves.  It was a beautiful fall day and the fall colours were incredible.  

Upon exploring the caves we came upon a section that they call Fatman's Misery.  It's a tight squeeze with one section only 36 cm wide.  Brooke and Lydia passed but  Fanny and I decided to try.  We went down into the cave and upon looking at the area we had to maneuver our bodies through we both quickly said, "NO"!      

The view going into Fatman's Misery (easy part)  

Fatman's Misery (hard part)

 After the caves, Fanny, Brooke and Lydia did Thunderbird, a half mile zip line which is billed as the longest in Canada.

I met up with the girls later at the suspension bridge and managed to get some more amazing photos.  A quick snack before leaving and then we were back in the car driving home.    

Another weekend has passed with another adventure done with Fanny.    Up next weekend, a London Knights hockey game, volunteering at the London and Area Food Bank and a Western Mustangs football game.