People have long accused me of getting lost in all things related to Mr. Lincoln, be it in my books, stories, studies, or in my blogging. Now here is everyone's chance to *literally* become lost with Lincoln, or should I say, lost IN Lincoln?
Every year at this time, a farmer in Lexington, Kentucky sets up a maze in his cornfield. This year, John Kelley chose to do his maze with the image of the nation's 16th president. With the publicity associated with the bicentennial of Lincoln's birth next year, Mr. Kelley thought this would be an obvious choice, especially since Lincoln was born in the Bluegrass State.
The maze was professionally designed by a company from Utah, but Mr. Kelley did the work with a large mower. The maze covers an amazing 8.7 acres! In fact, it's so big that the only way to see the entire image is from the air. Note the houses at the top of the photo for some perspective. Very impressive. Visitors are welcome to wind their way through the maze for a small fee. And yes, some folks do get lost and have to be "rescued."
To read more about the maze, you may click here, which is an article from the Lexington (Kentucky) Herald-Leader newspaper.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
The Abraham Lincoln Maze
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3 comments:
So this would be an amazing maze in the maise. Right?
I thought about putting a pun like that in the posting, but then I thought it might be too corny.
That's pretty cool! I had to laugh because a corn maze around my area made theirs out of Obama and McCain for the election. I'd much rather go to one of Lincoln!
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