Pumpkin Time!
Woman in the Middle | October 27, 2014The college youngest attends, California Polytechnic University, Pomona, or Cal Poly for short, has a large agricultural program. No college I ever attended had a “beef unit.” That is where the beef cattle live. It makes Cal Poly Pomona very picturesque with its cattle, horses, and fields devoted to agricultural production. Every year just before Halloween they have a Pumpkin Festival. We have never attended , even though it is just 35 minutes away. So this year, being Youngest’s last year, we decided to put aside our efforts to clean out Mom in law’s house and spend a morning at the Pumpkin Festival.
One of the reasons we have never gone is that it always seems to be hot on the weekend they hold the festival. This past weekend was no exception, Oh, it could have been worse, but the sun was very warm as we wandered the pumpkin patch and all the booths. I got a kick out of seeing all the people wearing fall clothes int he warm weather. People, it doesn’t matter if is the second half of October, hot is hot!
I can tell you, the place was packed with people and so many bring wagons or trolleys or even strollers so they can roll their pumpkin or five back to their car. They actually grow pumpkins at the school but they also being in tons and tons of “ringers” and put them in the fields as well.
Keep in mind we were there the second day. Youngest said that there were so many more pumpkins the first day. So many more than the huge number you see here!
There were lots of booths where the clubs at the school were selling a variety of food. We bought the pumpkin spice donut holes. Yum! There were also food trucks and games for the kids. I know we weren’t kids, but we still took our photo with this.
Cal Poly has a Farm Store, which is open year round. It is a fun place to shop and find jelly, salsa, wine, and other interesting things that make great gifts. They also have plants of all kinds grown right there at the school. I always like to check out the succulent selection. Outside the store they had this big pumpkin display.
I hope you are in an autumn kind of mood now that you have seen the Pumpkin Festival!
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