While Jeff waited out the two-hour frost delay to golf with Dad and Derek, I joined the O'Connell/Larson/Sandvolt crew (Robyn, Dave and Presley; Kristine, Gracey, Wesston and Ty; Jenny and Bailey) to visit Davison Pumpkin Patch in Vernon. (http://www.davisonorchards.ca/)
What a fun place! There was a petting zoo (goats, donkeys, sheep and bunnies), a maze, a sandbox with a tractor in it, a corn teepee, a hay barn and a pretend cow to milk! We walked around and watched the kids lose their minds with all of these fun activities.
We stopped at the cute restaurant for lunch (delicious grilled cheese on homemade bread with peppers, tomatoes and ham) and picked up dessert for Jeff (homemade caramel fudge brownie - no nuts!).
We rode the tractor train up the hill to the patch, where we got to choose our own pumpkin. What ever you could carry! On our way back down the hill, we were entertained by all the pumpkinhead people throughout the field: some were running on treadmills, some were lifting weights (pumpkins for dumbells!), some were hanging from the trees, and one had a slingshot aimed right at our train! Very cute.
Back at the main area, we checked out the little shops. They had homemade apple and pumpkin pies, fresh apple juice, caramel apples, pumpkin potpourri... anything you could make out of apples or pumpkins!
After a long day, we made our way back home. Jeff and I just had time to get changed and freshened up before running back out to meet Robyn and Dave at The Keg for a lovely dinner. It was so lovely, that we missed the first period and a half of the Rockets game! We managed to find our seats (right behind the goal!) and watch them beat Prince George 7-1.
All in all, it was a fabulous day... fabulous weather and fabulous friends!
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