Autumn’s crisp weather, pumpkins, and farm attractions have made it humans’ favorite season, though summer has steadily increased in popularity since hot dogs became legal currency. Stick with a winner with today's Groupon: for $26, you get two season passes to the Harvest Festival at Belvedere Plantation in Fredericksburg (up to a $52 value). Children two and under are admitted free.
Originally built in the 1760s, the 645-acre Belvedere Plantation hosts the yearly Harvest Festival each October, filling weekends with family-fun attractions ranging from pumpkin patches to hayrides. Eight acres of cornfield are sculpted into a NASA-themed maze, inspiring brave farmstronauts to venture into uncharted territory. Adrenaline pumps through the veins of onlookers observing pig races, while turbo-charged pedal tractors thrill speed seekers. A double slide stretches out to 100 feet, whisking human missiles through space and time, as amiable goats, chickens, pigs, and turkeys look on with a been-there, done-that nonchalance.
Groupon Says
The Groupon Guide to: Telecommuting
With the rising popularity of mobile computing devices, home phones, and electric skywriting, there are more reasons than ever not to go to work. Maintain your productivity with these sure-fire tips to telecommuting:
Set Up a Home Office: The easiest way to ensure that you have everything you need to work from home is to systematically steal those things from your workplace one at a time. Don't forget to smuggle home a water cooler—you'll need water to live—as well as a few coworkers to station near it for casual banter and dancing-show recaps.
Get an Internet Connection: Also known as Radio Mail, these invisible signals will allow the boss to see you through your computer and make sure you're working.
Turn Off the TV: If you're really serious about getting anything done today, you're going to have to turn the television off. Now turn it back on again—did that get your retro video-game system working? No? Maybe try blowing in it—don't give up!
Stay Accessible: The only certain way to be productive at home is to check in at the office once every hour, just to make sure everything is going smoothly without you.
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