Halloween is in full swing here on our base. It seems each squadron is doing some sort of Halloween fund raiser. We went to the one designed for the younger kids called the friendly hayride. It was from 6-8 PM and we decided to get there early. That turned out to be the best decision of the night. We rode on the trailer full of hay down to the "fun" area. They had a bouncy castle, face painting, and a few crafts. We met Emma's friend Alexandra there. It took all of 15 minutes to get through the whole area so we caught the tractor for the ride back to our car. When we got back the line of families was at the very least 50 deep and many more were coming.

The road up to the friendly hayride was a small two lane road surrounded by long grass and trees. It was beautiful. As we are leaving we start noticing that people decided to park on both sides of the road making it possible for only one car to get into or out of the park. We met a few cars head on and being nice people we pulled off to the side as best we could. Cars tried to go through but soon enough there was a huge traffic jam. Finally people started backing up and we followed them. One Yukon was not about to budge so we went off road with the minivan. The van was almost tipped onto its side. We made it through and as we approached the gate we saw several more cars trying to get to the "friendly hayride." Next year I think we will stay home.

Happy Halloween!!