Orchard offers two full days of free fun (video)

Flinchbaugh’s Orchard and Farm Market promises hours of fun for all ages during its mostly free Summer Fest.

The festival lasts from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, July 30, and Saturday, July 31, at the farm, 110 Ducktown Road, Hellam Township.

The 2010 Tractor Mac corn maze will debut with 8-foot-high stalks hemming in brave pathfinders. Adults can try it out for $5, kids for less. Take a look at the “jungle” in the video below:

Other activities include wagon rides, a straw maze, a corn box (like a sandbox, but with corn!), a straw bale tricycle racing course, a music garden and more. You can also meet a calf, eat some peach desserts or get your face painted. The face paintings cost 50 cents, but proceeds benefit the Ronald McDonald House of Hershey.

For more on the festival, read reporter Lauren Whetzel’s feature story, visit the Flinchbaugh’s website or call (717) 252-2540.

If you need some encouragement to take the kids out Saturday, the National Weather Service is predicting both days will be sunny and 82. Check out the photos below from previous festivals at the orchard:

Dig in the corn box at Flinchbaugh’s Orchard during the Summer Fest. (Flinchbaugh’s photo)

Sample fresh peaches and peach desserts at the festival. (Flinchbaugh’s photo)

Take an entertaining or an educational wagon ride around the farm. (Flinchbaugh’s photo)