I am really lucky that I get to work for a company that has such awesome activites for our community. One of these activites is the annual GIANT Pumpkin and Harvest Festival. It's held the first weekend of October and it's always a good time! I got to work on Saturday in the kid's craft area. It started out as kind of a slow day because of the rain that we got on Friday but it turned out to be a beautiful day! On Saturday they had the GIANT Pumpkin weight off which is basically where people bring their huge pumpkins and get them weighed to possibly win not only bragging rights but can also win some cash. This year the biggest pumpkin was 1536.5 only a pound heavier then last year. Yeah that's huge! Then on Sunday the pumpkin growers actually dig a hole in their pumpkin and participate in something called the Pumpkin Regatta where they climb in their boats and row their way around a lake inside Elk Grove Park. Yes, we are one of the only festivals that actually has people that use pumpkins as boats. The theme for the festival this year was the Pumpkin Party...for the election year. I am so happy that this year was a success and can't wait to see what we come up with for next year! The pictures above are obviously the pumpkin regatta, the HUGE pumpkins and some cute pictures that my friend Kelli drew for an activity that we had at the festival where people got to vote on their favorite "veggie" candidate.
6 comments:
Holy cow, those pumpking boats are seriously awesome! Why don't they have fun stuff like that up here???!!!
hahahahaha!!!that's hilarious! I so wish I could've been rowing one of those pumpkins. too bad they don't have that here, it looks amazing.
Wow! That sounds like so much fun! And what a huge pumpkin!!!
How fun. I never even knew that went on down in EG. Cool!
hey brittany, sorry that was me, brendi who commented yesterday as "center court management."
Holy cow that is a huge pumpkin! I wish we had those kinds of activities around here. They are kind of lame here in Utah.
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