It would be to scary, of course, for Diana, so Ledge and I made plans to go to it just the two of us. It was a bit of a drive, going all the way up to Grand Rapids for this fright fest. I haven't really ever done the 'haunted house' thing before, so this was going to be a first-time experience for both of us!
We got tickets at the door and headed in. There were a couple waiting rooms that were decorated like a crypt, setting the right mood. We must have picked a pretty good night, because it wasn't too busy. Sure, there were a couple hundred people there, but we got to zip right through the first waiting area, so I'm sure it's a lot busier as it gets closer to Halloween. Ledger was getting a kick out of it, pointing out some of the details of the creepy decor. Eventually we made it to the front of the line. I double checked with him to make sure he was really up for it- don't want him getting too spooked, after all.
The whole thing was really cool! It was set up as six different themed areas, we made our way through the 'abandoned farmhouse' and then there was another small waiting area. After about five minutes we entered into a 'spooky psych ward'. Eventually we made our way through each of the six areas, one of them even had special glasses to make the black light effects even cooler! There were a bunch of scary parts and really well-designed traps and pathways. My only problem was that we were put with a group that must have been pretty scared, because they forced us to race through the different areas so we didn't get a chance to take it all in. The coolest area was the black light dayglow 'Alice in twisted Wonderland' theme- it was really rad!
Finally we emerged from the haunted house and into the gift shop. The whole way home Ledge and I laughed and recounted the good scares and awesome costumes we saw. We will definitely be doing the haunted house thing again next year!
