The VanDyck Family: Minot Fall

We are so excited that fall is in full swing up here in Minot. It looks like we are going to have pretty, but cold fall. We love fall almost as much as we love Christmas. We find all sorts of fun stuff to do around here. For those that say Minot has nothing to offer, you are SO wrong. People are always asking how we find so much to do...I am not sure exactly how, but we just look for fun things around the area. But I decided to compile a list of what we have found when it comes to fall. These are just the things that we have found along with a short review for each one. They all have websites you can check out if you google them. They are all very affordable for fun, family events, most of them costing less than $20 for a family of four. We enjoy doing all these fun fall festivities when it just starts getting colder out, usually in early October, before it's freezing. We want it to feel like fall and wear cute fall outfits, but not freeze our butts off.

Stuff to do:

Papa's Pumpkin Patch Bismarck, ND

Max Corn Maze Just south of Minot, ND

Berry Acres Farm Minot, ND

Angelic Gardens Minot, ND

Papas Pumpkin Patch. Even though this is a 2 hour drive, we have gone a couple of the years we have been here. It's a huge pumpkin patch with lots to do for kids of all ages. It's really pretty and has lots of good photo ops! Weekdays are quiet, but there isn't as many things to do there. Weekends are crazy busy but they have the most activities and stuff to do going. We probably won't make the trip out of this again.

Max Corn Maze. We have only been to this once because we just found out about it last year. It only takes a few minutes to get to from town. It's pretty basic....there is only a corn maize, but it takes at least an hour to get through with kids. The girls have fun getting lost in there and we pretty much let them decide where to go until everyone starts getting tired and then we help. When we went they had a small concession stand, some hay bales to play on, and a little barrel train for younger kids. It's a fundraiser for the FFA so the money goes to help support that program. Planning on going here again this year.

Berry Acres Farm. We have only been here once as well, a few years ago when the base chapel had a family day here. Last year it flooded pretty bad, and this year they opened back up. It has a cute little store that sells produce and homemade goods such as breads, treats, and jams. Outside they have lots of pumpkins and a smallish corn maize. It's good for something close by. Probably going to check it out again now that it's open.

Angelic Gardens. We found this place last year. We organized a "family night" where we got a few other close families together and all went together. They have a nice garden area, and a pumpkin patch where you can actually go pick the pumpkins. Their prices are amazing on pumpkins too. You can do a group reservation and do a hayride around the farm areas and then come back to a bonfire with hot drinks and treats. We loved it because we were the only ones there, because it's pretty much by reservation only unless you are just picking veggies. The kids could run and have fun with no worry of getting lost (it's not huge so you can see everything). We are doing this again this year.