Corn Maze!

[Badger_Girl]

Saturday night a friend and I went to a local corn maze. Night time visitors were encouraged to bring flashlights. I brought 10. The highlight was my ROP hi and Malkoff Triple. At one point, I aimed my ROP hi down a row of corn and spotted a family of 4-5. They all ducked away grimacing, so I quickly turned the light off and disappeared in a different direction. I heard them all exclaim, "Wow!, where did that light even come from?"

This is a great time of year...perfect for the flashaholic to bring out the fun toys to show off in public without being too weird.

 

[Echo63]

sounds like a fun night
pity we dont have corn mazes here in perth,
we do have a hedge maze, although its not open at night (as far as i know)

 

[Stormchaser1]

I dont feel so bad now. I got a season pass at the one near me.

 

[Badger_Girl]

They are great fun, especially if you have some ridiculous lights.

If the hedge maze is closed at night....just sneak in!

 

[DM51]

Night time visitors were encouraged to bring flashlights. I brought 10.

LOL! Excellent!

 

[kelmo]

The worlds biggest corn maze as recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records is a 30 minute drive from my house!

http://coolpatchpumpkins.com/index.html

Last year I used an M6 w/MN15 lamp and backed it up with a Arc6 and Aeon. My wife was pack'n a L2 and Arc AAA GS.

I think this year I'll use my Saint Minimus headlamp and a M3 as my spotter light.

kelmo

 

[f22shift]

i usually go to at least one every fall. it's hard to find them in non-rural areas. they are so much fun.
i find that i don't usually use a bright setting. otherwise i'll drown out the other ppl.
a low output headlamp(writing clues) and a med bright handheld(navigating field) works best for me.
i also like to use the glow bracelets to recognize your own group.

too bad they usually do these on full moon days.

 

[scout24]

I was at a corn maze out on Long Island, N.Y. yesterday. (Finks Farm) but didn't stay long enough for it to get dark. I may have been under gunned with just my Haiku and a sapphire, though. Now I will have to go back with some more artillery!

 

[f22shift]

The worlds biggest corn maze as recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records is a 30 minute drive from my house!

http://coolpatchpumpkins.com/index.html

Last year I used an M6 w/MN15 lamp and backed it up with a Arc6 and Aeon. My wife was pack'n a L2 and Arc AAA GS.

I think this year I'll use my Saint Minimus headlamp and a M3 as my spotter light.

kelmo

so jealous!


there's one in queens, ny
http://www.queensfarm.org/events.html
THE AMAZING MAIZE MAZE
sponsored by Con Edison
11:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Enjoy getting lost in our 3 acre interactive corn maze. The adventure begins
with a stalk talk to prepare you for the challenge of finding clues, solving puzzles
and making your way out of the maze. To add to the adventure join us for
Maze By Moonlight on Saturdays October 10th and 17th when the maze will be open until 9:00 p.m Feel up to the challenge? Then join us for the fun of getting lost and loving it!
ADMISSION: ADULTS $8.00


CPF meetup?? edit: nevermind. just realized ,out of the country during that time.
anybody know of any other besides the finks in the nyc area?

 

[computernut]

There's a place near me that I've gone for Halloween stuff but I've never checked out the mazes. Doesn't look like anything in the league of that Guinness record holder that Kelmo posted about!

http://www.saundersfarm.com/pages/MAZE-HOME.html

 

[kelmo]

...a low output headlamp(writing clues) and a med bright handheld(navigating field) works best for me...

This will be my configuration this year. Last year I went for fire power. While fun it took away alot of the spookyness. The moon was out last year and I saw alot of teenagers doing the maze without flashlight! Kids these days.

I will probably bring my M6 again but will leave it in my backpack, maybe...

 

[Blindasabat]

I brought 10

:twothumbs

I went to one a couple of years ago. I think I had more light coming out of my one "Minimi" ML1 (~200L)(see my avatar) than the rest of the visitors put together, and now it is further hot rodded to ML1K2 spec B with a K2 for ~275L OTF running on IMR123 or 18500. Lucky it has a low level!
It was plenty of light to say the least - the longest straight sections were short and the spill lit up the corn near me too much to be able to see far. I needed a spill-less spot light to see far. The hot rodded SF KX2 will do great this year. Medium diffuser modified F04 will be in the pocket if I need it.

The digicam was great too. I took a picture of the map posted outside the entrance and scrolled along it on my screen while inside.

 

[Sgt. LED]

LOL, cheater!

I want to go but all the ones near here are closed after dark AFAIK. Maybe I can sneak in but it won't last long if I bring the big ones!

 

[trdvet]

Night time visitors were encouraged to bring flashlights. I brought 10.

Luck always favors the prepared.

 

[SpyderHS08]

Im definately going to hit up a 2 or 3 this year! I love them! and they are plentiful here in Kansas 3 or 4 within 20 minutes!! i guess thats one good thing about livin here

 

[Meganoggin]

Our local Maize Maze closes in September :mecry:

Even when it is open, it shuts down at 6pm :thumbsdow you are all so lucky!

 

[Badger_Girl]

Our local Maize Maze closes in September :mecry:

Even when it is open, it shuts down at 6pm :thumbsdow you are all so lucky!

Yeah, the night time corn mazes are the best. You can really misbehave out in the middle of a corn field in the dark.

 

[Meganoggin]

You can really misbehave out in the middle of a corn field in the dark.

Sounds like fun :devil:

 

[prof]

My inlaws run a pumpkin patch including a corn maze. They also have multiple haunted attractions, including a haunted forest. Pretty cool! They're located in NE Arkansas. There's even a night-time forest for children (great fun by flashlight!). They actually rent flashlights out--have to charge enough to cover the lost lights...

If anyone's interested, drop me a pm and I'll send you the url. (Posting it here seems a little self-serving, so I'll refrain...).

I will say it's a blast to go. Of course we often get the "behind the scenes" tour--when we're not put to work!

 

[mwaldron]

The worlds biggest corn maze as recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records is a 30 minute drive from my house!

http://coolpatchpumpkins.com/index.html

Last year I used an M6 w/MN15 lamp and backed it up with a Arc6 and Aeon. My wife was pack'n a L2 and Arc AAA GS.

I think this year I'll use my Saint Minimus headlamp and a M3 as my spotter light.

kelmo

I was all excited I thought you lived in NE, then I realized you're talking about another world's largest cornmaze than the one 2 hours away from me at http://www.bensonfarms.com/. They were supposedly bidding for the Guinness book too, I guess they lost

Last year My GF and I both had white A2's for wandering around and I had my M6-1185 for fun and impressing the locals. I wish I had got in on the Megallenium but 3x17670 will have to do again this year.

My A2 actually died last year at the maze! I was pissed. SF sent me a new Tailcap but that didn't solve it. Turns out it was lack of bezel contact on the LED ring, probably from me messing with it. It's all fixed now and ready for another trip. I'll be bringing another spare just in case.

What I really need this year is a belt large enough to go around the outside of my coat so I can hang some of stuff. Batman will have nothin on me!

Yeah, the night time corn mazes are the best. You can really misbehave out in the middle of a corn field in the dark.

All I'm going to say about that is: :devil: :twothumbs