Dark.  So terribly dark. From such pitchy shadows seeps a sound as would be the dry scrape of rusted razor across tender throats held tightly under baleful glare of an ever mute Diana.  Fears blend with dream and soon enough comes the wicker-men half-glimpsed out of the corner of the eye, and burning jack-o-lanterns smiling mocking smiles

of knowing what makes ones heartbeat skip and pulse race ...perhaps some places are meant to exist only as a dreamtime labyrinth outside of time and space...Clustered close together as much for companionship as for protection our tribe of revelers stave off the worst as kegs are tapped and boil forth in founts of amber goodness...a sweeter sight has never formed as spirits of wood and field gather round the harvest bonfire to lift voices into the night sky.  Spilled intentions and woodsmoke cloud the atmosphere.  Let the Rites of Autumn run loose under the forgiving embrace of the night but beware for something

wicked lurks in those woods...

Once again it is arrived!  "What?" you ask you ask...why the Hagg Lake Halloween Festival at Johnson Farm!

Saturday, October 30th

• 15-mile trail run (check www.xdogevents.com if you need details)

• Pumpkin lobotomies

• Bicycle petting zoo

• Poker ride (starting around 1:30pm )

• Hash run by OH3 (hounds gather at 3pm , hares off at 4pm ...bring lights)

• The traditional Haunting of the Barn (we hope it actually happens this year)

• Marathon Dungeons & Dragons session led by Dungeon Master Bradley Ross (don’t count on this actually happening)

• Free camping

• And of course, the ‘Festival of Fire’ late into the night

Sunday, October 31st

• an XC footrace (again, see www.xdogevents.com for more info)

• Cyclocross Crusade #4 (back to race day schedule ) 

Important Notes:

DON'T FORGET THE END OF DAYLIGHT SAVINGS (set clocks and watches back one hour)

Dogs welcome but companion humans must be kept on leash.

Oh yeah, the parking is limited so carpool if ya can and don't camp in the parking area.