One of the programmes that Dons do around this time is Corn Maze with our residence floors. A family who lives in Wolfe Island (a short ferry ride across Lake Ontario) has set up a big maze out of their corn field. This is the one event that every residence will do and since I wasn't able to go in my first year, I was super excited this time around.
So this past Saturday morning, the girls of Addy-Ban Righ took to Wolfe Island and spent the afternoon enjoying a ferry ride, a hay ride, and then manoeuvring through a giant corn maze. We gathered bright and early outside our residence hall at 11:30am (yes, 11:30am on a Saturday IS considered early), and set forth to the ferry terminal.
The walk to the ferry was filled with secret gardens, beautiful old architecture, and the farmers' market at the Market Square. After a while of waiting around in the wait area, our ferry came in so we hopped on and set sail.
LOOK! We found Waldo!
We also met the cutest little creature. Meet Cosmo the rabbit! We got the chance to pet him and I have never, to this day, felt anything softer. Petting Cosmo felt like I was touching a cloud. I had a fantastic plan to steal and sneak him back into residence with me but sadly, he was well-supervised by the farmer. Maybe next time.
Once we all had the chance to pet Cosmo, we divided into teams to play a corn toss game to battle for the homemade chocolate chip cookies the farmer's family had made for us.
After playing the corn toss game (which my team lost, sadly), we got some lunch and then finally started the corn maze.
The weather was absolutely beautiful so the other residence staff and I took this chance to take some pretty impressive pictures.
The afternoon finally ended when we realized that we had less than 20 minutes to get to the ferry terminal before it departed for Kingston again so we all rushed back to the hay ride and rushed back.
It was a crazy day and we were all exhausted by the time we got back to residence but I couldn't have traded the experience for anything. Just look at the view we got on our way back to the main land and tell me I'm wrong.
Should you ever find yourself in the Kingston area between August and early November, do yourself a favor and head to the corn maze. Or at least take a day trip to Wolfe Island. You won't regret it.
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