Halloween/Fall Fun!

    We took the monkey to Lombardi Ranch on Bouquet Canyon, in Saugus, (lombardiranch.com) to get pumpkins. We had a blast!
    Although we love Underwood Family Farm, we weren't in the mood to deal with the huge crowds. This farm was busy, but on a smaller scale, closer to the mountain communities, & easier to access.
    The first thing we noticed when we arrived, were the beautiful sunflowers! Just gorgeous! Lombardi has paths through one of the sunflower sections, featuring scarecrows that community members made for a contest. There were some very clever ideas:

I really enjoyed this telephone lineman scarecrow, with telephone pole...

I plan to steal this idea for making crows wearing hats, using plastic cups...

Being the big Beatles fan that he is, this was the hub's favorite...Note the 'Pepper' heads on the band...

Here are some more clever scarecrow displays...

Here is the monkey during the hayride, showing off his awesome black widow face painting...the wagon was pulled by two nice Percheron horses...

During the hayride, you also see the vast cornfield, along with some neat old trucks & cars on the hill behind the farm...

Monkey had fun on the pony ride, eating shave ice & playing on the haystack pyramid...

    There were lots of creative decorations throughout, like this coach and horses. Great selection of pumpkins, with reasonable prices. In fact, the hub overheard someone saying they had paid too much at 'the other place.' Most were in the $5 range, larger pumpkins around $8 average.  The smaller ones were as low as $2. We bought 2 medium white pumpkins, 4 medium-large orange pumpkins, a bag of (delicious!) pre-shucked corn, 6 gourds, 3 mini-pumpkins, & some Indian corn for $47.
    There is happily, no entrance fee. You buy tickets for things like the pony ride, hay ride, etc. There was also a cute train ride through a sunflower field. They had a nice mix of their own concessions, plus charitable ones offering various food items to purchase. I would gladly return!!