Bob's on Hiway 1

We used to go to the Little Creek Ranch, south of Half Moon Bay on hiway 1 by about 5 miles, for our pumpkins, but alas, the family run operation has shut down. We drove up to the drive-way last weekend saddened to see the farm lands void of pumpkins, small farm animals, and the paddock of sunflowers which had signaled the official start to Halloween for our family for the past three years.

We made the best of an otherwise upsetting situation for the kids and headed a half mile west to Arata Farms. It was just ok, albeit it crowded and very expensive. Nick got lost in the hay labyrinth ($5.00) and the girls got soot on their faces during a very short tractor hay ride ($5.00/person).

Nick had it set in his mind that he wanted to cut his pumpkin from the vine and Arata didn't offer such a novelty, so we headed back north to Bob's directly on hiway 1. Bob's had a sign that led me to believe the pumpkins could still be on the vine: "Pick 'em where they're grown."

Indeed, Bob's was the spot. We got a huge pumpkin, with the biggest stem (it's all about stem these days) I've ever seen, for only 10 bucks.

We here at KroBlog give Bob's our "Number 1 Halloween Bargain and Great Family Fun" award.