Pumpkin Face

So, this weekend I heard about a Pumpkin Festival in Half Moon Bay. I was stoked. Being a little homesick, I was determined to check it out with my 'free' weekend. I'm pretty sure this was my first free weekend that wasn't already planned out for me since I've been here. (Trust me, I am NOT complaining).
Anyways, Ferris came with me. After the shitty rain we had on Friday, the weather was gorgeous. My co-worker warned me to take the 1, which was not a problem. For those of you who aren't familiar with the 1, it is the pacific coast highway, the route that hugs the coast for the length of CA. I only stopped off once, but I was more then pleased with my pictures. I couldn't get enough of those feather looking plants. They were all over the hillsides, blowing in the breeze. Plus, the sky color was just amazing.

The festival itself was free, and packed with people. Ferris and I walked around and happened upon the Kahlua truck! So, we stopped and sipped/gulped on some delicious frozen treats. There was some music and way too many arts & crafts being sold for my taste. I did get a glimpse of the pumpkin pie eating contest. It was hard to see around the crowd, but one girl looked up from her pie with a 'oh my god, what the fuck am I doing right now' look on her face, then her dad did all but shove her face back into the pie with his 'c'mon! get back in there!' cheering.
We finished off the trip with a sugar high, I opted for the pumpkin 'tart' which was basically a miniature pie with some canned whip cream on top and Ferris got the pumpkin roll. We figured this place would be good seeing as they've kept the same pie recipe since 1927.
It was pretty darn good, but then afterwards I saw an even better looking slice of pumpkin pie complete with homemade whipped cream and I couldn't help but feel a little cheated.