It’s finally fall in Portland. This weekend definitely felt like it—gray skies; wet roads. Everywhere we trekked we could smell burning fire logs, pumpkins popping up all over—in the grocery stores (right alongside early signs of Christmas decorations- agh!), in patches and on menus across local eateries.
Allowing myself to be carried away with the start of fall by a decadent bread-bowl erupting with curried pumpkin soup… I thought of all things fall we didn’t accomplish last year. Starting with Portland’s Corn Maize—which opened in late August and runs through Halloween. Located on Sauvie Island at the Pumpkin Patch it grows more crowded as the days creep closer to our ghoulish holiday. The gigantic maze is five acres and designed to reflect Portland’s bridges, mountains and buildings.
The Pumpkin Patch showcases hayrides, a café and produce market as well as an animal barn. Grab your kiddos (admission to the patch is free, charges for the Maize are $7 for adults 13 and up, 5 - 12 years and seniors are $5, 5 years and younger are free) and head on over for some pumpkin picking, corn-maze fall fun. Through October, the Pumpkin Patch gets creepier after dark, as they open the Field of Screams Friday through Sunday at 6 p.m., entry is $10.
The Pumpkin Patch is located on Sauvie Island at 16525 NW Gillihan Rd.
http://www.thepumpkinpatch.com/
