Tolay Festival
October 29th, 2012. (4 years, 4 months old.) by benNow that Fall is here, it’s time to go pick pumpkins! Our first pumpkin patch trip was to the Tolay Festival.
They had a hay ride that took out out to the pumpkin patch. I got to sit right in front where we could see the tractor really well.
At the pumpkin patch, I worked on finding the perfect pumpkin. There sure were a lot of non-perfect pumpkins to weed through! But I finally found it
Later we stopped to see some 2 day old baby chicks. I got to hold one! He was very light and fuzzy.
They had lots of other interesting things to look at. There were snakes and scorpions and even a great horned owl!
Here there were some 100 year old steam engines that people used to use on farms. One is hooked to a washing machine (Ed. Note: brown, in background), and the other is hooked to a water pump! What crazy contraptions!
I’m looking forward to the best part of Fall: Halloween!
What a great day at the punkin patch! Seems you learned a lot about steam engines and little critters. Lots better than picking up your punkin at the store. And you got to watch the tractor work!
HI Ben, I guess I am one of those “ol’ folks” who recognized that contraption in the background and knew it was an old fashioned washing machine, not at all like what you have at home. I am old enough to remember my grandmother having something similar for her clothes washing. Boy. I must be getting old! However, you are so lucky to have the chance to go “punkin hunting” and picking just the perfect one! Luv yu, Ma