By Cindy Ramirez, El Paso Matters Now in its 26th year, La Union Maze “started as a tent on the side of the road, one corn roaster and me and my sister slinging Cokes out of an ice cooler,” maze manager Kristen Dorman said. Since then, the maze in Anthony, New Mexico, has grown to feature a 13-acre maze and a 30-acre pumpkin patch with an array of rides, attractions, food vendors and more.
What’s remained the same, Dorman said, is the family fun her parents set out to provide to the region. “It’s a labor of love,” said Dorman, whose parents founded the farm. The maze is made of sorghum, a drought-resistant hay grass that requires less water than corn and is planted in the summer to be ready by fall. La Union Maze is one of three area mazes – including Mesilla Valley in Las Cruces and El P