PTR of Bishop's Pumpkin Farm.

[Mechanic]

Ok, so this is about a month late, but better late than never. I considered posting this in the "Random" section, but considering this section has "Donkeys" in the title, I hope this is actually the right place.

 

We hauled the family out to Bishop's Pumpkin Farm last month and had a really fun time. (Scroll down if you just want to see the pictures and ignore my mindless rambling.)

 

Despite the farm being only about half an hour up the road from where we live, I'd never heard of the place before. I actually stumbled onto it quite by accident. The previous weekend my youngest son played one of his junior league football games against the Wheatland Pirates. While watching the game I would occasionally hear a train whistle off to the south. During half time I walked a ways across the athletic fields and saw a pretty good sized mowed field full of cars. This also gave me a better view of the entrance area and the road leading to the farm. We didn't have time to visit that day, but I figured maybe we could make it back the following weekend. And so we did.

 

The farm is, as the name suggests, primarily a pumpkin farm. They have orchards of various fruit and nut trees as well. The "themed" area where most of the visitors spend the majority of their time includes several arts and crafts shops, lots of different places to buy food to eat at the farm or to take home. (We brought home a great dutch apple pie and some apple muffins) They have a petting zoo, corn maze, a couple slides, several playground areas, pig races, and of course the aforementioned train. Hay wagons pulled by tractors will give you a ride out to the pumpkin patch so you can choose that "just perfect" pumpkin to turn into jack-o-lantern to scare all the neighborhood kiddies on Halloween. Goofy photo op cut outs can be found almost anywhere you look.

 

Bishop's is definitely geared toward families with younger children, but we still had a really good time. My mom says it was the most fun she'd had in quite a while and really brought back memories for her of growing up around animals and a farm when she was a kid.

 

The website link I posted above has a few pictures that I've borrowed since I'm not a big picture taker. I hadn't realized until I got home how few pictures I'd actually taken while we there. On to the pictures...

 

Edit: The pictures came out backwards from the way I viewed them in the preview. View the pictures from bottom to top for full effect. (Not that it matters that much)

The raging torrent of Coyote Mountain stream. Or is it the gentle trickle of a Coyote? You decide.

Panning for gold. Well, actually you pan for marbles, but close enough.

Splash Mountain's got nothing on Coyote Mountain. Ah, who am I kidding? Yes it does. In fact it craps all over Coyote Mountain to the 10th power.

Is that a train I see? (pic from their website)

yep, there's the train. (pic from their website)

"On the go." Haha! I get it now. That's really funny! Ok, maybe not so much

I did mention the pig races, didn't I?

A rusty old tractor. Cool.

So cool we need 2 pictures of it.

I wonder if anyone ever took it in the caboose?

Some of the animals you can pet.

And now.. The moment you've been waiting for.. Ladies and gentleman, I present to you the astounding, the amazing, the unbelievable, Donkey with a goat on its back! (Keep down the applause please.)

[Team Thriller]

OMFG! I lived in Roseville, which was only about 30 minutes from there! I went there every year. I love there Apple Juice!

 

I'm so glad that place is busy and looking like it always did, cause I know there are houses being built up around there, and there was talk of the place shutting down.

 

Thank you so much for this TR. I loved it!

 

--James

[cfc]

Ok, so this is about a month late, but better late than never. I considered posting this in the "Random" section, but considering this section has "Donkeys" in the title, I hope this is actually the right place.

 

 

Hmm--a bit of a reach, but, yes there is a donkey, a train, and a slide. Close enough. When you live in the Central Valley, you have to grab what amusement you can.

 

My brother Ward's family lives in Sacramento, and each year his wife and daughters used to drag him to Apple Hill (I think that was the name of the place).

[Mechanic]

Team Thriller, you are very welcome. I'm glad you enjoyed the report.

 

cfc, I was hoping the donkey would be enough to tip the scales. Thank you for the stamp of approval.

[Team Thriller]

My brother Ward's family lives in Sacramento, and each year his wife and daughters used to drag him to Apple Hill (I think that was the name of the place).

 

Yes, I also remember Apple Hill. Not as good as Bishops Pumpkin Farm, but also very nice.

 

--James