Trouble in the corn maze

Last year we went to a corn maze and Reed separated from the rest of us and blasted off in the other direction, trying to beat us out. We beat him, but he still contests it.

Happy group at the start of our expedition.

This year we tried a new corn maze. Turns out it was a lot more challenging than the one last year. We started the same way...team of 3 versus team of 1. Off he went. Tod and I followed Amy, and she observed the strategy of always turning right (mostly...she took a few shortcuts). After lots of dead ends and misdirections, the 3 of us made our way out in probably 45 minutes of walking. Then we waited. And waited. And waited. After about 45 minutes, Tod and Amy went back in to what was kind of a central point of the maze to see if they could see Reed. They didn't see Reed, but they did see lots of families desperate to find their way out ("Can you tell us how to get out?!?" and "We've been walking forever – do you know the way out?"). Then Amy came back out and Tod went back in to walk through the maze and try to find Reed. Somehow he managed to find him within 10 or 15 minutes, much to Reed's relief:

Actual relief not pictured.

I felt SO horrible that he was lost in there so long!! He must've walked 5 miles, and covered and re-covered most every inch of the maze. He wouldn't admit it, but I think he was getting pretty worried. Thank goodness we found him without too much trouble once we actually started looking.

Next time...Reed gets a cell phone in the corn maze.