Halloween activities Grand Rapids and surrounding area's

Well I was going to do a GREAT localism blog, but when doing my research I have found the GR-Now did a wonderful one of all the October activities and I am not sure I could do a better one!

So I will supply you with all the links below:

However I will write about my own experiences!

I love Halloween! I love dressing up and pretending to be someone else for an evening. When my kids were of the age for trick or treating, I went all out on the costumes, it was an event...........making home made costumes and pumpkin carving, roasting the pumpkin seeds.....then on trick or treat night, visiting with all the neighbors and greeting all the kids when coming to our house!

As the kids got older I enjoyed the corn mazes! Very fun! The one at Klackle Orchards is very big. They give you clues to find in the maze and if you find all of the clues you get a prize. They also have a pumpkin car that takes you out to the pumpkin patch.

2008 Fall, Haunted House & Halloween Guide

Other Fall activities of interest:

Fall peek map...............if you feel like taking a Sunday drive to see all the wonderful colors of Michigan, here is a map for you to follow!

Stories of Haunted Michigan..............fun to read by the camp fire!

A romantic / scary get away? Try Big Bay Point Light, Big Bay, Michigan a light house that has been turned into a bed and breakfast! A snip it from an article about the light house "William, dead these past 105 years, apparently still insisted on "helping"-until innkeeper Linda Gamble angrily told him off when his slamming of kitchen cabinet doors awakened her one night a few years ago. Neither William nor the other five resident ghosts have been heard from since. Well, so far, anyway"

Happy fall everyone!