Pumpkin Patch... Even in the Desert

Yesterday Rodrigo and I went to a pumpkin patch with some of our friends.  We went to the same patch last year.  We wanted to try a new place but as it turns out there are not many real pumpkin patches in Las Vegas.  As a matter of fact, I'm not sure how there is even one.  The pumpkins seem to just pop out of the dry sand. 

I suppose growing up in Wisconsin made me a little spoiled when it comes to farms, gardens, and fresh crops.  I remember going to the apple orchard with hundreds of trees, fields of pumpkins, hay mazes, and barns with apple cider.  Now I drive down a busy street and right in the middle of buildings there's a sign that says "pumpkin patch."  It has some pumpkins sitting on hay, carnival rides, blow up slides, and bungee jumping on trampolines.  I simply cannot justify how that is in any way a "pumpkin patch."  So we found the best place we could when it came to getting some pumpkins.

And here is what we came out with...

 It doesn't even feel like fall in this 85 degree weather, but HAPPY FALL, my favorite time of year!