I went with an American friend, Molly, to the Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Festival. We went the scenic way. Map here.
Of course, there were pumpkins. The largest winner was 1,535 pounds, just under 700 kg !!
Molly and the pumpkins, and her pumpkin hat.
Molly was kind enough to take a photo of me and the pumpkins. (Sorry, she didn't have a spare pumpkin hat.)
We tried some pumpkin cheesecake. It was a curious mixture of a slight pumpkin taste and the usual cheesy cheesecake taste but not sweet enough for a cheesecake.
There were a lot of stalls. I lost count of the number of photography stalls, there must have been about 2 dozen.
Farmer Mike was back for his 25th year of pumpkin carving.
His main carving was of Mastermind from some 3d movie that was being promoted. The whole festival was a bit too commercial.
We ate some calamari. There was no pumpkin in it.
There was a crazy Asian dude dancing around in front of the camera, singing into the mic to promote CW Bay Area which is a local TV station.
We walked back up the row of stalls and then head south towards a pub for lunch. We stopped at the Ritz Carlton day spa, that was located in the middle of a golf course.
Favorite photo.
I wouldn't mind one of those houses either, the cliff was just behind me.
The cliffs were rugged too.
A cart pulled up in front of us with a bride and groom on boad ready for their photos.
Personally I thought they were a little close to the cliff.
But the resulting photo would have been awesome.
As I said, rugged cliffs.
With an interesting geological feature at their base.
I love the juxtaposition of the bride, the bikini girl and the indifferent crowd.
We then walked around the other side of the point and looked north. It reminded me a little of looking into Lorne.
Another funny sign. They apparently went up after the Thailand one.
We finally made it to Duarte's Taven for a late lunch ...
Molly still had her pumpkin hat on.
Crab and artichoke omlet. Yum !
Went for a wander around Pescadero after lunch.
We then headed back to home and I stopped to take a misty mountain shot on the way.
Thanks again to Molly for great day.
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