GET YOUR KICKS
24 10 2005Chris is gone this week to drive a car to Colorado with my Dad. They were leaving from Tulsa, so yesterday we met my Mom in Stroud so she could take Chris home with her. Stroud is a good half-way point. We didnât feel like paying $1.50 (or whatever it is) to take the turnpike to Stroud. Instead we took Historic Route 66.
Thereâs something really appealing about the kitschiness of Route 66. I really wished I had remembered to take my camera. We passed things that you see in all those coffee table books about 66 like the Round Red Barn and The Lincoln Motel where all the rooms were in these neat little cabins in a row along the road.
Somewhere along the way we passed a sign the said âCorn Mazeâ?. Chris said âDo you think they put maze up there for people who donât know what corn is? Theyâre the people who go around calling popcorn popmazeâ?. I giggled and said that I had no idea. Later on we passed another sign that said âDonât miss the corn mazeâ?. Thatâs when it dawned on me. I said âI think they mean maze like the kind you walk through. If it was maze they would have spelled it maize.â? Then we were just both amazed that I new the difference between maize and maze.
I learned the difference between maze and maize from my big-ass box of crayons.
That corn maze sounds intriguing! Usually mazes are used for meditation and spiritual clarity purposes. Hard to imagine one made of corn, but whatever gets you in touch with the divine, I guess….
Of course, that also brings to mind scary images from Children of the Corn. brrrrr!
Corn mazes are big here. I have no idea why.
There’s a corn maze down the way from our house. It’s only open from October through November, so you can come for Halloween or Thanksgiving. The churches take groups of kids down there. But the best part? The name: Cornfusion Maze.
Cornfusion! I’m going to use that word on a regular basis now. It will refer to something that’s corny and causes confusion.
Yeah, we have more corn mazes than we know what to do with here. We are going to one on Saturday because I seriouly want to be cornfused.