Wilsonville, Oregon: Spooky Farm Walk at Frog Pond Farm

 We returned to Frog Pond Farm last weekend for some Halloween fun.

The Spooky Farm Walk is available Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights for the month of October.

We reserved the 5:00 PM time, not because it was $3 cheaper ($12 versus $15), but because we wanted to do the course in the daylight. That seemed a little safer, in terms of avoiding falling in mud.

The path was surprisingly dry given the downpour that had just happened between our arrival at the farm and our starting the path. They do recommend dressing weather appropriately. Another group there had a member in shorts, and we heard him saying he wanted to go home.

It was a hard and cold rain, but then, after a few minutes it cleared up, and we started on our path. It had an awful lot of evil babies.

A two-headed rodent of somewhat unusual (but not Princess Bride) size.

So many clowns.

We had friends who did it at night, and found it much scarier. Not only does the darkness add to the atmosphere, but after dark the trail is "haunted", with live people who may or may not jump out at you.

I don't regret how we did it, but even in daylight there are some things that are pretty effective.

For one thing, they do use animatronics, but they are on a delay. You often don't know that something is going to move at all until it moves right next to you.

Also, there are constant sounds, where you don't always know where it is coming from. That would be much worse in the dark.

It doesn't seem like this could provide that much illumination.

This little girl's foot fell off right as we were coming to her. I am not sure how intentional it was, but it still worked.

Even the weather added to the atmosphere. In addition to the sky being dark, many of the creatures had tarps near them. I assume it was for rain, but they seemed to be forming ghostly shapes, or perhaps a bag to catch you.

Just keep in mind, sunset is going to keep getting earlier, all through the month.

And some things are going to feel different in the dark.

The Spooky Farm Walk is not the only way to enjoy the farm.

There is also the pumpkin patch and farm zone, with farm animals and play areas.

As long as your children don't get mixed up with those evil children on the trail, it should all be fine.

COVID: As most of the activities are outdoors, this is not too much of a concern. Employees are masked and visitors should be masked when in the store or at the ticket booth.

Accessibility: The farm zone would probably be fine, but the trail for the spooky walk has a mix of ground, gravel, and bark pieces, and it does have elevation changes and one short tunnel to crawl through, so probably not ideal for mobility issues.

https://www.thefrogpondfarm.com/