GUERNSEY – Though a weather system moving through the area last Tuesday had some people cancelling reservations to participate in the Guernsey State Park harvest moon hayride, the evening …
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GUERNSEY – Though a weather system moving through the area last Tuesday had some people cancelling reservations to participate in the Guernsey State Park harvest moon hayride, the evening turned into a great success.
Though there was cloud coverage at the 7 p.m. meeting time at the headquarters gathering point, a rainbow appeared in the east and the rest of the evening went without a hitch, Glendo State Park superintendent Cassie Wells said. Participants were treated to chocolate pumpkin brownies, caramel apple cookies, and s’more Rice Krispies alongside hot apple cider and hot chocolate. The shelter was decorated in fall-themed pumpkins from the Ellis’ Harvest Home in Lingle, and groups posed for photographs at a themed harvest hayride bench.
There were 53 visitors, two volunteers and five park staff who went along for the half-hour ride on two haybale-lined trailers pulled by trucks up Skyline Drive to the Historic Castle at Guernsey State Park. Just as the visitors arrived at the castle, the moon peeked out of the clouds and the sky started clearing. The park had telescopes and a volunteer provided a phone scope for everyone to view the moon. The evening ended after a ride back to headquarters just after 9 p.m.