Mom and I headed to NH for a long weekend with the family. It was a nice, relaxing trip (especially compared to our last one). I got to enjoy not one, but two delicious New England lobsters (pronounced lobstas!), catch Alyssa's HS football game (she's in the band), peep a little fall foliage (most leaves were already passed their peak), and see 22,568 pumpkins! On Saturday, we drove to Keene, NH for the annual pumpkin festival. The town had set a world record in 2003 for the most pumpkins in one place, but was beaten out last year by Boston, who topped 30,000. Despite not breaking a record again this year, it was still a phenomenal site! Pumpkins lined the streets everywhere - The entire festival was so New England-eque, complete with a church in the middle of the town square. I especially loved that no vendors were allowed - All artists and food booths were locally run, with proceeds benefiting local schools and organizations. (My Italian sausage money went to the NH Special Olympics.)
We left early Sunday morning, putting us home with plenty of time to unwind from the quick vacation. The whole pumpkin festival thing got me in the mood for some Halloween carving myself – So, Frank & I created our own pumpkin masterpieces Sunday evening. They looked good while they lasted…I came home last night to find Frank’s ghost eaten out of his pumpkin and little teeth marks around my witch. I’ll give you one guess where those came from…
Some pics for your enjoyment:
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