Our farm website, www.bloompumpkinpatch.com, has been updated with all of the dates and new attractions for our 2009 season.  You can click on the home page to join our E-newsletter list, and there is even a link for quick access to this blog.  There is a new page for the Schoolhouse Cafe, and information about the hay rides we'll begin offering for the first time this season.

Information about our pumpkin patch parties will be updated soon.  In the meantime, you can email me at any time (via this site or by using the link on the website) and I'll send you the updated information.  We offer private evening campfire parties and daytime parties in our "new" party loft in the barn.   We can handle any size group, whether it is just your family or the whole company.

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Switching gears, I wanted to share a few photos from our recent vacation.  We spent three nights in Taos, NM, and I've never seen so many lilacs.  They were so pretty against the adobe buildings.

On our way from New Mexico to Estes Park, CO we visited Great Sand Dunes National Park.  If you've never been there, I highly recommend making the trip.  This is one of the coolest national parks I've been to.  It was absolutely amazing to see these desert-like dunes with snow-capped mountains in the background.  Our dog, Rocket, had a blast in the sand and the water.

We saw a lot of wildlife on the trip, including lots of elk around Estes Park, who must have been on their way from winter to summer quarters.  This guy walked into the yard of a convenience store across the street from where we were sitting.  Obviously, he wasn't phased by humans!

Have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend and safe travels!