Miller Farms
Thursday, October 13, 2016 at 01:14PM In typical Colorado fashion...yesterday...on the one day of the week where it got cold (like 20 degrees colder than all the other days that were full of sunshine and tee shirt and shorts temperatures)...we went to Miller Farms with our Science Olympiad team. (We'd had it on the calendar for a month. Of course.) We were maybe not quite prepared for the weather, though we grabbed what jackets we had from the van. ;) But. Asher and Micah and I had a great time.
(Note. We've actually been to Miller Farms multiple times. Neither boy claims to have any memory of this. I'm finding this is one of those parenting things...I *know* I've done things with boys but they don't remember the experience so I end up doing them again, lol.)
We started out with the hayride...with stops at four or five different fields where everyone got off to harvest what they wanted. As homeschoolers, our entry fee included five bags of produce for each person. We, surprisingly, made use of that allotment...
Up top, you see more than half the team confirming that they could see their breath. Yes, it was that cold. Then Micah was picking some peppers. (That first field had peppers, squash, melons, onions, scallions, eggplants, tomatoes, and kale...that I saw. Micah started planning out menus, lol.)
Our next stop was pie pumpkins. Micah's contemplating making pie. :)
After that we stopped at sweet corn (and green beans and cabbage and dill), where we may have grabbed more than just a bag each. :) We had corn on the cob with dinner last night, btw.
The next stop was potatoes...which got messy, as we hadn't come prepared with a trowel or shovel or pitchfork like some of the other homeschool families on our same hayride. Micah didn't mind digging, though, and has plans for those lovely little potatoes.
Our final field had carrots and beets and brussel sprouts. And then we headed back, loaded our bags into wagons and got everything into our vehicles. (Must say that having older boys comes in handy and makes things easier!)
The kids, then, wanted to hang out a bit and explore the other offerings. We took pictures in the giant chair, playing in the pit full of old Croc pieces, exploring a weird space saucer thing, with a strange giant dung beetle, and on some sort of old plane. There were plenty of other skeletons of planes, helicopters, trucks, etc along with a corn maze (in popcorn corn), too.
And then, finally, we headed out...stopping on the way home to get something warm into us. :) Whew. Could have done with slightly warmer temperatures and/or a bit more preparation on my part, but it was a really good afternoon. Loved seeing the boys so happily interacting with their teammates and that Micah was so excited about figuring out how to use all of the produce. :)
(Btw, sorry the pictures aren't bigger...been having issues with Squarespace this week regarding loading pics and resizing. Ugh.)
Reader Comments (1)
I remember going to Miller Farms with you and the boys at least twice, but it has been a few years! Fun!