Smash that Squash

Last week Melinda won four tickets to Great Country Farm. The "farm" is located in Bluemont, VA, which is about an hour east of DC. We were excited to head out there as the fall foliage is at its peak and it was the perfect weekend for a drive into the countryside.

Breathtaking. We miss this already, 

and we haven't even left Virginia yet. 

Great Country Farm was hosting their annual Pumpkin Chukin' festival. So, we brought our jack o' lanterns up to meet glorified ends.

About to wipe the smiles off these

jack-o-lanterns' faces. 

Smash that Squash!

Seeing our pumpkins hurled from the top of a large crane and splatted all over the ground was worth the drive alone. But, the farm had a lot of other cute activities that made for a fun morning.

 Giant Fake Cows

Miniature Real Cows 

60 ft. Tunnel Slides 

Oops… should have checked the bottom of 

that slide for water puddles. Dried it off

for everyone else. Sorry Laidy-Bug.

Animal Snouts 

Marshmallow Roastin' Pit 

Giant Bounce Pillow 

Castle Play Structure 

Breathtaking Views of the Autumn Colors 

Iron Maiden for Pumpkins 

But, by far our families favorite part of the farm was the pumpkin zip line. The pumpkins were hoisted high before being sent zipping into a large wooden pole. Since the farm is closed for the season after this weekend, the kitchen gave them all sorts of almost expired condiments to put in the pumpkins, adding amazing powdered sugar puffs and ketchup splatters to the explosions.

Behold - the Pumpkin Zip Line!

The Approach

(This one was full of Mustard) 

Initial Contact

Obliteration 

SPLAT 

Debris

Both kids laughed such huge belly laughs every time a pumpkin exploded on the post. It was AWESOME. We're thinking of building our own if we ever get a backyard big enough.