Pumpkin Patch 2015

We tried a new pumpkin patch in Wytheville (Williams Orchard) this year. It was better simply because it was simpler. There were no overwhelming bounce houses the size of a barn, there were no animals to pet, there just plenty of pumpkins, a hayride, kettle corn, and more reasonable prices!

Pumpkins 4 Sale it says - yep, there's a couple I'd sell real cheap!

Eli was determined to find the biggest pumpkin they had - I think he came pretty darn close to success.

He rolls his prize along.

Ezra tries desperately to move the wheelbarrow with 50lbs of pumpkins - and sort of succeeds.

The hay bale slide was a huge hit. Did you all know that Eli dislocated and broke his elbow about 4 weeks ago? Had surgery about 2 weeks before this photo? It didn't matter to Eli in the least. To get on the slide, you were supposed to climb up the round bales on either side (see bottom corner). So Eli's strategy was to back up about 30 feet, run at top speed, and fling himself onto the hay bale catching the back side with his good arm to pull himself up. Harrowing to watch, but he had a ball!