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TRUE DEDICATION
Most of the work of creating a corn maze takes place between sunup and sundown. But Day has been known to cut in the dark. "You've got to trust this more," he said, pointing to the little GPS system in his right hand. Sometimes, getting to the job is the hardest part.
He was supposed to cut the field at Naylor Family Farms in North Carolina on a recent Monday, but thunderstorms turned him away. He was scheduled to do a different maze in a nearby community the following Friday morning, so he decided to go to Naylor beforehand to create the maze. But just outside Charlotte, Day's truck started giving him trouble.
Not wanting to let Robert Naylor down again, Day picked his way across the state — driving 25 kilometers, stopping to let the truck cool down, then doing another 25 kilometers. "It took me 15 hours to get there when it should have taken four," he explained.
The majority of the mazes Day cuts are about five or six acres, though he's done fields as large as 13 acres. The maze at Naylor Family Farms is just shy of 10. Naylor went with a pirate theme last year. This season, he chose a maze called "Escape from Egypt," with pyramids, palm trees and a giant camel at the center.
This is Naylor's third year doing a maze. He said it takes him a couple of weeks to memorize the path. "It's easy to get lost, even if you have your map," he explained. "And that's the point of it, I guess. It's kind of fun when you get lost — if you're not in a hurry."
Day isn't just a Maize Quest employee. He's also a client. His brother, Jonathan, runs Bridgemont Farm in Virginia, where the family raises corn, soybeans and cattle. Day cut their design in July. The 12-acre field is divided into two interconnected mazes — "The Great Train Adventure," with a giant steam locomotive, and "The Dinosaur Adventure," featuring a triceratops and T. rex.
The big rush is over. But Day's work won't truly be finished until late November or early December, when he heads to Palm City in Florida to cut a winter maze. Despite the difficult and sometimes monotonous schedule, the maze-maker isn't sick of corn. "I like it," Day insisted. "In fact, I love corn."
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