'Texas'  is A-Maze-ing in Marble Falls
the maze is a 4 acre field in the shape of Texas.  Inside of Texas are a myriad of pathways going to and fro.  The object is to walk though Texas and find signs representing the towns (lakes in '09) on your gamecard (the signs are placed in the approximate spot of their existence in the actual State).  At each sign is a hole punch that you can mark your gamecard with, find all the signs and win a free drink. 

11/15/09 ----  This was a good year for the Texas Maze, this Maze turned out to be one that we are proud of.  We are closing it down today and turning the goats in later this week.  Even though the Maze is 14 feet tall, 160 goats will make short order of it.  We will start cultivating 'Texas' again next Spring, plant it in early April and hopefully have another years' version ready for pedestrians by the end of May. 

10/31/09 -- The Maze is still going strong.  We have decided that maybe 14 feet is a little too tall as some of South Texas fell over during all the past rain events we have been having.  A lot of 'cut throughs' have been made but overall it is still going well.  At the first of the season it was taking about 1.5 hours to find all the lakes, now we are down to between 45 minutes and an hour.  It seems that the 'hard one to find' varies from pedestrian to pedestrian so we have concluded that the hardest one to find is ...... the last one.  We narrowly escaped a slight freeze last night.  Barring any disasters the Maze will continue to operate through November 15.

9/30/09  --  Yikes, the maze is pretty tough this year.  Tracy (the lady from down the street who has traveled every Maze we have ever done in record time) even took 48 minutes (a long time for her and her crew).  We are very happy with the way the Maze looks so far this year, it is very tall (10 to 12 feet) and in great shape.  Remember, you can come out and rest for awhile, check the map and then head back in for those last two lakes.

7/7/09 --- the Maze is now closed for the summer.  We will now make hay out of it to feed our animals over the summer.  Don't worry it will come back and be ready to go by the last weekend in September.  The Fall version will be the same as the Spring one, so study those Lakes and come on out when it is cooler this coming October.

6/5/09 --- the Maze is ready!  The spring 09 maze is ready for pedestrians.  The grass is 5 to 6 feet tall through much of the state and will continue to grow throughout June.  As with all Spring mazes, you will need to be careful not to get overheated.  Give yourself extra time to come out of the maze and sit in the shade for a while if needed.  Once again, he theme this year will be "Lakes across Texas" so you will be looking for these Texas lakes: Salt, Big, Mclellan, Coyote, Stamford, Athens, Buchanan, Livingston, Corpus Christi, Delta and Fayette.  As of yet, noone has been able to find them all so give yourself about an hour to one hour and a half to complete it.

4/21/09--   the spring 09 version is almost ready!  We hope to open it up by June 5th.  The theme this year will be "Lakes across Texas" so you will be looking for these Texas lakes: Salt, Big, Mclellan, Coyote, Stamford, Athens, Buchanan, Livingston, Corpus Christi, Delta and Fayette.   On Saturday the 16th we had a front blow in a dropped about an inch of rain.  With the rain came a very strong wind that laid the grass over on its' side.  Thankfully it has stood back up now and is quickly trying to reach the sky.  For the first couple of years we had the maze by the Strawberry patch, last year we moved the maze across the road and had to rotate Texas a little so it would fit in the field.  Do you know in both locations east texas gave me a problem.  It always seems like I am trying to figure out why the grass in east texas does not grow as well as the rest of the state.  The pic below is of the maze in its' current location.

11/16/08 ----- The Fall Maze is a lot of funand  has been harder than in years past.  Normally by this time of year it has been ravished by pedestrians and the weather but it is still in good shape so we are going to keep it open through the 23rd.  This years theme is "Come and "C" Texas as all the towns but one start with C -- Castell, Coke, Cone, Cushing, Cornudas, Catarina, Charco, Coahoma, Caddo, Cactus and Sanderson.  These are all real town in Texas and where the exist in the real state, we have a sign in our state.  Next to each sign is a hole punch, punch your game card, find all 11 towns and win a free drink when you come out.



Above is a picture of the Fall 2008 Maze


April 18, 2008 ---- The Spring 'Texas' Maze has been planted and is now about 2 inches tall.  Believe it or not, the Maze should be about 6 feet tall by the first of June and 7 or 8 feet tall by mid June.

September 27, 2007 ----what a summer!  we had lots of happenings but the Maze seemed to make it through.  Far West Texas has been decimated by all kinds of calamities, so you might have to find 'Sierra Blanca' in the weeds.  The rest of Texas looks pretty good.  I guess you have noticed we will stick with the 'colors of Texas' theme for the Fall Maze.  It is going to be fun ---- but right now it is really hot in the afternoon, so until the weather cools off I would stick to mornings to walk across Texas.  The Maze will open up this weekend and run through November 16th.

July 15, 2007 --- We have closed the spring Maze, next up will be the Fall Maze in October.

June 7, 2007 ---- The time has come ................ to open up the 2007 Maze.  The pathways have been cut and the city signs placed.  The grass is a wee bit shorter than I prefer but if you are 5 foot or less it is just perfect.  With this warm weather it is growing like mad and I believe it will be over 6 feet very shortly.  Are you seeing colors?  The theme for the Maze this year is "The colors of Texas", so you will be looking for towns with a color in them:  Brownfield, Red Top, Evergreen, Orange Grove, Gold, White Hall, Silver, Red Bluff, Nickel, White Deer, Silver Lake, Sierra Blanca.

May 24th, 2007 ---- Yikes!  Once again, I was mistaken.  I thought the Maze would be ready by now ------ it is not.  The cooler weather has been great for me but not for the grass growing in the Maze.  I am afraid we are at least two weeks behind.  I am hoping it will be ready by mid June now.  It will be a short spring Maze season for sure.

April 2007 --- the 2007 Maze is being planted as we speak.  See ya then.

October 03, 2006 --- Wow!!! The Fall Texas Maze is AWESOME this year..  You have just got to try it!  The Fall Maze is still "tons of fun" meaning we used most of the Spring 'ton' towns with a few exceptions.  The towns are: Laketon, Fieldton, Stanton, Ft. Stockton, Asherton, Sinton, Thornton, Bluffton, Throckmorton, Pickton, Lumberton, Wharton.  The maze is pretty hard this year because it is about 10 - 12 feet tall and you can't see many landmarks on the outside to go by. Average time to find the towns right now is about 1.5 hours ----- of course many quit before finding them all.

July 1st, 2006 --- The Spring maze was a lot of fun but we are now ready to cut it down in order to replant it for the Fall version.  We should have another Maze ready September 30 through mid November, see ya then!

June 1st, 2006 -- the Spring maze is ready for pedestrians.  This Spring the Maze is 'tons' of fun,  in other words you will be looking for towns in Texas ending with 'ton' (Fort Stockton, Throckmorton, Clifton, Stanton, Sinton, Asherton, Fieldton, Laketon, Wharton, Lumberton, Eaton and Carlton).  We have a sign in our Texas representing each town approximately where they exist in the actual State of Texas.  Upon finding a 'town' you will take the hole punch hanging there and mark your game card (most towns have different shaped hole punches --- no cheating!).  If you find them all we will give you a free drink when you come out (each game card is $4).

5/20/05 ---  Attention all you pedestrians, the 'Texas' Maze is now open for the spring of 2005.   The towns do not necessarily have a theme this time, except that they are all county seats.  Those accepting the challenge will be looking for: Leakey, Van Horn, Sanderson, Stinnett, Gail, Hallettsville, Alice, Haskell, Tilden, Bryan, Emory and Coldspring.

9/06/04 --- Are you ready for some fun?! The Fall 'Texas' Maze is looking like it will be our best maze yet (only took 7 try's).  Of course things  could change in a heartbeat (as we can attest to) but so far it is looking very good.  We have decided on the towns you will be looking for and the path ways have now been cut.  So, get out your map and see if you can find Kent, Gomez, Sanford, Irene, Leo, Bettie, Alice, Olive, Agnes, Edna, Edith and Vance.  These are all real towns in Texas and where they exist geographically in the state, we have a sign in our state.  Pedestrians get a gamecard and the object is to find all the towns in Texas.  The Maze will be opening on September 25 along with the pumpkin season.  It will only be about 5 feet tall then but that is just perfect if you have 10 and under kids, by the first of October it should be a good 6 to 7 feet tall ----- just right for adults.

7/10/04 --- Say Goodbye to the spring maze - we are cutting it down now in preparation to plant the fall version. 

6/23/04 -- The record time is 29 minutes but then there has been some that can't get them all -- go figure.  Some say 'Breckenridge' is the hardest to find while others have problems with 'Tyler', or 'Cleveland' or even 'Bushland'.  We have been turning the sprinklers on in the afternoons in an attempt to cool it off a little.  I would suggest traveling through 'Texas' in the mornings if at all possible.

3/23/04 ---  The Spring 2004 Maze is planted and growing.  We will keep the presidential town theme for this Spring Maze.

11/17/03 --- This is an  aerial of the Fall 2003 Texas Maze.

10/28/2003 --- Hey, the 'Texas' Maze has turned out to be harder than I thought it was going to be.  I knew 'Breckenridge' was going to be hard to find but I am surprised to hear 'Taft' has been giving some people problems.  The towns to find in the maze  represent 8 Presidents, 2 Vice Presidents and a famous frog in the maze to find.  In other words you will be looking for: Taft, Nixon, Reagan, Cleveland, Sherman, Roosevelt, Tyler, Bush-land, Wilson, Breckenridge and a frog (you will have to look at the map to find out this name - it is in West Texas).  These are all real towns in Texas and in their approximate geographical location within the real Texas a sign is displayed in our Texas with a hole punch attached.  Simply use the hole punch to mark your gamecard, should you find all eleven cities you will get a free drink as your prize.  I have revised the pricing structure for right now.   Since the grass is a little shorter than I like it is tempting for the kiddos to run right through the grass and make new pathways.  Therefore I am soliciting the help of the parents to keep the kids on the pathways only.  In exchange we are allowing adults in for free and kiddos are $4 (5yrs and up).  Only the kiddos will get a gamecard and be able to win the drink. It is a bit more difficult at night, therefore the admission is $4 per person (it is important to note that we will only stay open late for groups of 15 or more that have let us know they are coming out).

10/25/2003 --- It is open. 

10/18/03 --- The Fall '03 Maze is growing very slowly and is not yet 'Open' for pedestrians.  After a wild infestation of Army Worms in September we cut it down and started over.  This second fall maze is not growing as well as it would when the days are long and hot.  We hope to open the fall Texas Maze the weekend of the October 25th.

4/27/03 --  The Spring '03 maze is coming along nicely and should be ready for pedestrians mid to late May.  We have cut out the highways and decided on this years theme.  We are just waiting on the Hay to get a little taller before we open it up.

    The theme for the Spring '03 maze is:   "Foreign Countries and Towns in Texas".  In other words you will be looking for real Texas towns that have the same name as a country or town outside of the U.S.  Be sure to look on your Texas map for: Egypt, China, Paris, Italy, Turkey, London, Nineveh (a town in Iraq), Nazereth (a town in Israel), Potosi (a town in Bolivia --- haven't you been there?), Iraan   (I know, not the exact spelling but close), Premont (in Canada) and Kent (a town in Africa and the only thing I could find in West Texas)

note:  The pictures and explanations below are of the Fall 2001 Maze.  A Spring 2002 Maze (also in the shape of Texas) operated from May though June of 2002.  In July we cut  the Spring Maze down, cultivated the soil and planted the seed for the Fall version.  As of October 3rd, 2002, the Fall 'Texas' Maze is open and ready for pedestrians.  Barring any disasters, the Fall '02 maze should operate through November.. 

The theme for the Fall '02 Maze is..... animal towns.  These are all real towns in Texas, you might want to locate them on the map before coming out ..... they are: Crane, Crow, Peacock, Turkey, Antelope, Marlin, Lobo, Falcon, Buffalo, White Deer and Calf Creek.  After the first weekend of travelers, one town has not emerged as the 'hardest to find' yet.  Average seek time still remains in the 1 hour to 1.5 hour range.

Open hours for the Fall '02 Maze are:       Thursday                          9am to 6pm
                                                                     Friday and Saturday       9am to 9pm (last person starts the Maze at or before 9pm)
                                                                     Sunday                             1pm to 5pm

notes: bring a flashlight if coming after dark
           'flip-flops' and other types of sandals are not a good thing to walk across Texas in.
            remember 'Texas' is layed out upside down.  so North is South and East is West.

a few aerial shots of the 'Texas' maze.

the object is to enter at Brownsville and find 11 cities throughout 'Texas'.  The cities are not directly linked and are somewhat difficult to find.  We had a lady and her kids in there almost 3 hours over the weekend, you have to hand it to them though, they were not going to be defeated.

update 4November01: we had about 400 kids come out last Halloween night - they were not too bad but did tromple down a few new roads.  So don't think about memorizing the above map or you really will be confused when you go in.