A little of everything...
Phew! Catching up from a hectic, but fun weekend up north... I thought I'd share a major discovery for those of you who are in San Francisco, the East or South Bays, and Silicon Valley. Just a few miles outside of Half Moon Bay on Highway 92 are two *fantastic* pumpkin farms, right across the highway from each other, that are not to be missed! Pastorino's Farm (no web site) and the Lemos Farm are outstanding, especially if you have kids. They have the expected wide selection of pumpkins, but they also have train rides, jolly jumpers, haunted houses, pony rides, petting zoos, hay rides, food and baked goodies, corn mazes, etc. Pastorino's Farm also has a beatifully set up Halloween "Boo-tique" full of fun, good quality vintage and new decorations. What really struck me about both farms is how well laid out everything is - not just a big field of pumpkins, but manicured paths leading from one picturesque spot to the next. If you'd like to visit but aren't going to the Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival (which is now over for this year), I'd recommend avoiding that weekend - you'll be dealing with a lot fewer people at the pumpkin patches. Here are some representative pics:
and here's Brynne having a heart-to-heart with Dracula:
and, of course, the pumpkins!
It looks as if both farms also get decked out for Christmas... we may just have to make the trip up north again in December to see what that looks like!
ah, you were so close!! looks like you had a wonderful time. brynne just gets more beautiful with age.
Posted by: Lisa | October 18, 2005 at 10:41 PM
That looks like so much fun! My teenager is completely out of the loop for things like that, now.
Posted by: Rose | October 19, 2005 at 07:40 AM
the halloween figures in that one photo make be nutty! I can't get too much them. And how brave brynne is to hang with dracula!
Posted by: amy k. | October 19, 2005 at 08:26 AM
Looks like a great pumpkin festival! That photo of Brynne with dracula is classic.
Posted by: Mariko | October 19, 2005 at 10:33 AM
that looks like so much fun! i wish that there were places around here like that. my kiddos would have a ball.
Posted by: elizabeth | October 19, 2005 at 12:29 PM
What about Repetto's?
I love going there, walking thru the pumpkin field and picking the pumpkins off the vine.
Posted by: Neefer | October 19, 2005 at 01:38 PM
awesome pumpkin patch! we went to one last weekend and went a little overboard. im going to download pics today. dracula didnt scare brynne?
Posted by: hannah | October 20, 2005 at 06:53 AM