This year we had to scrap part of our first plan as the available acreage for the maze would not accommodate our whole design. Back to the planning table, we adjusted our thinking to fit the field.

We also were aware of Covid restrictions and changing guidelines for our guests’ safety. We wanted to keep the more narrow connection paths to a minimum and expand the path designs so the bulk of the maze was made up of the wider paths.

The overall theme was the United States of America. We sought a common denominator within each state…the possibilities are vast! However, as we considered how our guests might enjoy solving the design as they followed paths here and there, it became clear that the enormous waterway system in this country was the ticket!

Once the actual rivers were picked and drawn out on our graph paper, the connectors were plotted, the standard “G” “F” were placed along with the year and overall clue “USA,” it was time for our final challenge to begin. We started to brainstorm clues to help our guests consider the geographic knowledge! The whole family was engaged to participate in this endeavor. We decided to limit the clues to 26. Perspectives included sports team jargon, history, industry, entertainment field, geographics, flora, fauna, directional clues and more. We will attach the clue sheet answers, blueprint and aerial below.

For the younger crowd, we placed 5 photos of different animal species found in the United States as well.

We hope our guests enjoyed solving the maze as much as we did creating it! At this time the wheels are spinning for next year’s maze… Hope to see you there!

See the below sketch to see each river and animal!