Pete and Sam went this year to the new Halloween Woods attraction at Algonkian Park in Sterling. They were joined by Mom, Dad, Aunt Robin, Shayna, and Skyler. The event features a walk through the woods at night, with various scary things along the way. Scary things include guys jumping out with chain saws, guys jumping out with bloody appendages, guys jumping out wearing Redskins apparel, howling noises, etc.
We quickly discovered that Sam was not particularly enthralled with this concept. Also, Pete and Shayna were not much happier about it. Skyler, on the other hand, was completely unaffected. Before the group even made it completely through the entrance, Sam was not coping well. Sam notified Dad that he would have to carry Sam through the entire trail.
Prior to the walk, the guide told the children that if they got too scared at any point, they could call out the code word ("Snoopy") and the scary creatures would back away. Not long into the hike, they were constantly calling out "Snoopy" as they walked down the path. Overall, this worked about 1/2 the time. One glaring example of when this did NOT work was when a guy with an axe jumped out, the group yelled "SNOOPY", and the guy whispered "Snoopy's dead, I killed him."
Fortunately, a samaritan warned us not to take Sam into the tunnel at the end of the hike. Shayna joined Sam on the detour. This was a good decision, as the narrow tunnel ended with some chain saws and screaming.
Overall, it was a fun event but Pete and Sam will probably NOT be going back next year.
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OMG! I'm laughing but feeling bad for the kids. "Snoopy's dead?" We went on the haunted hayride. We've done this for about a gazillon years. Everyone knows that sitting in the middle of the wagon guarantees "safety". Unfortunately, someone did not tell this year's ghouls. One of them jumped onto the wagon shouting, "The middle's not safe!" I was laughing so hard, I was crying. The kids in the middle were just crying.
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