SEQUIM — Tonight is “Fright Night” at the Sequim Pumpkin Patch and corn maze at the corner of Kitchen-Dick Road and U.S. Highway 101.
A “Hack Shack House of Horrors” haunted house is open for Friday “Fright Nights” throughout the month of October, with a $3 entry fee per person.
Although no general admission is charged to the annual Pumpkin Patch, which opened Oct. 1 and will continue daily through Halloween, fees are charged for each of the activities.
Pumpkins are available for 45 cents a pound. Admission to the corn maze is $7 for those 12 and younger, and $10 for ages 13 and older.
The straw maze is $5, a horse ride is $5, and a hayride is $2.
One of the most popular activities is the pumpkin shoot.
For $5, visitors can launch three small, hard pumpkins — called ironsides — from a catapult, aiming for a barrel in a field.
If a pumpkin lands in the barrel, the shooter gets $100.
So far, no one has won the prize this year, owner Theresa Lassila said Thursday, but she added that about 10 people on average have successful launches annually.
Corn maze design
Each year, the Pumpkin Patch carves a design in its corn maze that is visible only from the air.
This year, the design marks a departure from the “Wizard of Oz” theme of the last few years.
A cowboy boot with a spur and the words “Hee Haw” decorate the spread instead.
The Pumpkin Patch opens each day at 9 a.m., Lassila said.
Closing time depends somewhat on customers, she said, but Sunday through Thursday closing hours are generally at 7 p.m. or 8 p.m., while on Friday and Saturday nights, the patch is open later, closing at 9 p.m. or 10 p.m.
The maze is open on Friday and Saturday nights as well as during the day.
Food also is available, including corn on the cob for $2 and kettle corn for $5.
Coffee, cider, lemonade and hot chocolate are available for $2.
To plan field trips, birthday parties or for more information, phone Lassila at 360-461-0940.
