October 24, 2008
Roloff Farms
Well, I finally made it to Roloff Farms near Hillsboro. I have been a fan of “Little People, Big World” since the reality series first aired several years ago and when I moved here to Oregon (the most beautiful state in the union!) I knew that I would be visiting the featured farm at some point in time. And this last weekend was it!
Now is the pumpkin season and this is the only time of year that Roloff Farms are open to the public, so we packed up the baby and went!! We had a beautiful crisp, clear, sunny fall day for the outing. You can even take a wagon ride to see the entire farm. I was prepared for the crowds of people, but I was not prepared for how clean and homey it felt there. Even though the farm operation is large, the public part is quite contained and this makes for a very comfortable day. The signage is excellent, parking is convenient and free and it is easy to get around. I was please to see the row of new clean porta-potty’s were easily accessible. We had a little wagon to pull through the pumpkin patch which Baby loved sitting in; he looked so cute in it, surrounded by our pumpkin choices.
Baby in Wagon at Roloff Farms by PDXFirefly
We thought that the pumpkins were getting a little thin in the patch and were happy that we chose today to stop by for our visit. But we needn’t had worried because while we were there, a truck pulling a low, large farm wagon heaped with pumpkins came up over the back hill (probably from the “back 40″) and workers started unloading the pumpkins. They had lots of help from the visitors, because when someone saw “just the right pumpkin”, they would go & get it out of the wagon.
Wagon Rides, pumpkins and simple food were available. When you combine that along with the clear, crisp, sunny October day everyone goes home happy and has just that special pumpkin for their very own. Definitely another fabulous memory making option here in the beautiful North West!
