Mayfield Farm Park --Autumn 2023

 

Mayfield Farm Park --Autumn 2023 

Sat. Nov. 3, 2023

Kenny, Dana, Gabe & Mia Koogler

Crystal, Michael, & Tessa Lindsey

and Hayden Gibson 

Mayfield Farm Park Info 

Mayfield Farm Park 2023 Pix Here

Photo album is a combination of two years trips. The current year's trip pictures start where this link takes you.   To advance the next photo click the right arrow.   I did not take as many photos this season.  To get a better idea what this place is like  click the X in the top right and it takes you back to the entire photo album from start to finish which is a better illustration of the scope of the place.  We still did not do everything after the second season.   

    We had such a good time at Mayfield Farm Park last Fall we decided to go again.  The kids were gang busters to visit.   They remembered the fun from the previous year.  Even little Mia remembered this place!   The staff does such a wonderful job making this nice, trying to get you the best deal for your tickets, etc. that you couldn't ask for better treatment.   They have ample restrooms, changing tables for babies and toddlers, food, beverages, activities for every age person.    The tickets are $20 per person with ages 2 and under being free. It covers all day. You get a wrist band so if you want to leave and come back later you can.   They give military discounts and discounted tickets for large groups. If you buy them online it saves you a couple dollars per ticket.   You show up and if you've bought your tickets online you simply show the lady at the ticket window your smart phone QR code. It gets scanned and tells her how many tickets you paid for.  She gives you wrists bands accordingly.    

    We showed up on the very last day this year.   It was different and better in some ways.  

The weather was perfect.  It was warm, sunny, nice breeze blowing.   The place had plenty of uncrowded parking.  It was not a bit crowded this year.   Just enough folks to be fun.  Honestly it was a little more fun when they had a few more people.  This year they were using the unsold pumpkins to shoot out of a cannon. They had slingshots set up to shoot pumpkins or gourds.  They had a pumpkin busting area where you could smash a pumpkin with a wooden sledge hammer or bat!  

           The down side is Halloween is over and I still had five pumpkins on my front porch that needed something done with them.     We only carved one out of six this year.  My daughter in law went crazy and bought a bunch of them.     The other thing we missed was the cut your own flowers area was finished for the season.     The final thing that cut into the enjoyment of the place this year was more serious.  We found out granddaughter Tessa age ten is allergic to corn.  

  We decided to try it anyhow.  She did fine, but  she broke out in hives on her face and chin briefly.   She had to use her inhaler and sit down and cool off one time.  She got upset and cried when it came time to have ice cream.  Mayfield's ice cream is wonderful, but unsafe for her.   It has coconut oil in some of it.  It has an allergy warning about tree nuts in it potentially.  This is her life threatening allergy so it is off limits.   Mia refused to eat hers.  I got upset and threw mine away.     It isn't worth seeing a child get that upset.  We need to find something else to do with her next season.    Maybe take the two youngest grandkids and let them bring a friend each. Then do something different with Michael and Tessa.  That is a bummer because our grandkids are best friends with their cousins.  They enjoy one another very much.  Mayfield cannot help any of this. They are not in the hypoallergenic fun business.  They cater to the general public and most folks are not deathly allergic to any of this. 

     Just word of warning to parents or grandparents who have kids with sensitivities... really check the ingredients label on ice cream especially.   It has a lot of stuff that makes it package and keep better, but  it can be harmful to those who are allergic.     Not many folks are allergic to corn, but his place has corn and corn dust everywhere.   

      We took into consideration the allergy situation and stopped on the way down to have lunch at Bert's in Madisonville.   It was simpler than taking a chance on food at the venue.   It is fast food and while it is good, it is a roll of the dice.  We did not want everyone to arrive and have to start foraging for eats right shot out of the bag.    We had pizza and yummy food at Bert's just before arriving.   That turned out to be a better plan for us.  We love the Madisonville area and Athens, TN as well.

       Below: Mia goes right for the giant tractor tire swings. Aunt Yaya is helping her. 

Below: all five kids jumping at once.  My four grandkids and Hayden, my bonus grandson.  He and Michael are so tall now. They are 14 and won't be kids much longer.  

    

  Below: Michael in the camo on the obstacle course.  

Below: the pumpkin busting area with Tessa, Gabe, Michael in the frame.  

Below: more pumpkin busting with Mia, Gabe , Tessa and Papaw Kenny

   Below: The kiddos on the giant wheels

   

Below is the kiddie slide area with shorter pipes used for littler children.  Some of the kids complained that they got tired running up that hill to slide. This was a bit easier for them but a  shorter ride. 

above: the long slide with Tessa up there on the far left.  Another child sliding near her.  Mia never went down it this year I don't think. 

Below: Gabe,  Mia  and Michael in the corn bin. This was a mixed blessing. It was the favorite thing last year for all the kids. It was again this year, but Tessa could not do it.    

Above: Michael, Gabe & Mia in the corn.  Hayden got in too.  I really didn't take enough photos this year, but I had a good time.   

Below are more videos that show the place better.   I broke it down into areas this time instead of one highlights reel for the entire time. 

Video #1 -- The Zip Line

Video #2-- Bust a Pumpkin Area-- I am fussing a lot in this video for the children to stay back out of each other's way with this activity. Reason being-- my son Jared age 3.. Mia's age... stepped right in the way of his cousin Jay when he was warned "Stay back. I'm getting ready to swing the bat!" when they were playing ball in the back yard. He did not listen.  I was on a walk with my niece Leslie.  We returned to Jared having been bonked in the forehead by the bat.  We had to take him to get stitches.  Kids are stubborn and have poor impulse control.   

Video #3-- Hamster Wheels!  

Below is video #4-- the corn bin which was great fun.   They like pouring it on one another because ie ends up in your underwear and all over the place which the kids find funny!