A Trip To The Pumpkin Patch

By Ashley Van Camp Nov 10, 2016 Ashley Van Camp, fall, Family, Halloween, MBU, MBU Timeline, Missouri Baptist University, October, Pumpkin Patch, Pumpkins, Thies Farms

Thies Farms features picking your own pumpkins, petting farm animals, gourds, produce, flowers, tractor rides and Pumpkin Land. Pumpkin Land is a little theme park for children and families which has hay towers, zip lining, more pumpkins to choose from and toy machines that blast potatoes, called potato shooters.

Photos by Ashley Van Camp

A look at the produce Thies Farms is growing and selling.

A girl poses with her pumpkin she picked.

A look at the Big Mac pumpkins being sold this year.

Children race to get in line for Pumpkin Land.

A family looks at gourds to get for fall decorations.

A mom and her baby take a walk in the pumpkin patch.

A child searches for his pumpkin in the field.

A hayride going through the pumpkin patch.

By Ashley Van Camp

Ashley Van Camp is a contributing staff journalist for MBU Timeline. She is majoring in Communication Studies and minoring in Journalism. Ashley participates in the women's lacrosse team. Outside of school Ashley enjoys being able to coach field hockey and lacrosse. After graduating, she plans to pursue a career in real estate and continue coaching lacrosse.