Every year, my friends Amanda & Eyad coordinate an annual outing to Pierce College's Halloween Harvest Festival. This (and a whimsical, sometimes bloody costume) is all I need to make my Halloween dreams come true. We went this last Saturday...
Welcome!
Pierce's farm grown pumpkins.
The dusty fairground is a 1920s recreation complete with trillions of edison bulbs, americana accoutrements, and carnival eateries. It feels like a Star Trek holodeck version of Boardwalk Empire. Rootbeer floats, BBQ, buttered corn cobs, funnel cakes, fresh lemonade slushies, and kettel corn! Haunted houses, hay rides, farm animals, gold digging, giant moon bounce slides, and a 70s/80s/90s rock cover band! They even have a produce market with pumpkin varieties I didn't know existed outside of Tim Burton realities.
Popcorn buffet on wheels!
Mamma Marine's Delicious BBQ.
My Mamma Marine's Tri-tiiiiip!
The best part of the whole fair (and there are sooo many best parts) is the Creatures of the Corn Haunted Trail. It is truly terrifying. I haven't screamed and laughed so hard since my last corn maze. It's pitch black, moon overhead, and you're scrambling through your very own authentic horror-movie labyrinthine corn stalks with creepy hillbilly zombies lurching out at you from above, below, and the sides. And there's even an animatronic Balrog looking guy at the entrance. Telling you, the production value is impressive. So, so much fun.
Yes, that could be my older sister and me 20ish years ago. I am such a sucker for photographing little sisters and carousels, let alone the mind-blowing combination!
Need anything more be said here?