Allardt Pumpkin Festival

Allardt Pumpkin Festival

Saturday Oct. 6, 2018

Kenny & Dana Koogler

Michael and Tessa Lindsey

John Ungerer

    We had been to the pumpkin festival one time several years ago.   We liked it so much we had

often talked about going again.    It was a cold, rainy day that time, but we had fun despite the 

weather.    We had a weekend opportunity to take our older two grandchildren and spend it with them.  They seldom get to do anything with us unless Gabriel is along. They love him as we all do, but he is a little fellow.  Two year olds demand lots of attention.   We planned to meet our

friends over there. We had a good time visiting with John, but Sharon's daughter was taken ill

in Florida. She had to go down to see about her.   We had a nice sunny day, but it was rather hot for October.   I think we all preferred cool and rainy to the heat!   We were so ready for it to cool down and stay cooler.   

     We noticed there were lots more people this year than the previous time.   We also noticed

that the pumpkin festival itself had far fewer pumpkin entries.  The focus has shifted and gotten very commercial.   We enjoyed the old car show.  We checked out the pumpkins, giant watermelons, gourds and such.    We walked around and checked out the various vendors and food trucks.  We had some really good barbecue for lunch.   The kids played on the playground.

It did not take long for us all to tire of the heat and the crowd.  We were ready to get out of there after only a couple hours.    We had a pretty good time, but any future trips will be to some other festival for Autumn.    Maybe we'll try the Mayfield Dairy Pumpkin Patch and Corn Maze next year.   

     

 Granddaughter Tessa age 5 Papaw and grandson Michael age 9 in the background. Old car show.

 Kenny's fantasy car..

 Giant pumpkins! 

 Above and below.. kids at the bouncy house

 crowds of people

   Michael throwing attitude!