My excellent friend Barbara called me up early on an October Saturday morning and invited us to meet them at Bates Nut Farm. I had never heard of it but apparently it is very well known pumpkin patch, and is visited by many San Diegans. It took a good 40 minutes to get there but it was well worth the drive. There were lots of booths set up, like a street fair, with food trucks and live music. There was a petting zoo, pony rides, bouncy houses, and hay rides. The kids did some jumping and I ate a delicious chicken pesto crepe. Lance, Barb's husband, took Afton through a hay maze. Since Lance only has girls, I think he had fun hanging out with a boy. We finished up with a hay ride and picking out our pumpkins. Afton insisted we get one white (a ghost pumpkin, as he calls them) and one orange pumpkin. Actually, he wanted 8 white and 8 orange. I don't know where he got that number but it was turned down. The only thing that was a little annoying (other than Barbara's family being turned around on the drive to the pumpkin patch because of a car accident) was the wind. It was very windy at first but eventually calmed down. We had a fabulous time and hope to go back again next year!
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