A LITTLE VACATION......GETTING READY FOR CHRISTMAS TREES

We are allowed to leave in between the pumpkins and the trees, we have  always just stayed,  but we had heard about Castaic Lake RV Park,  it has a hot tub!!   We also  thought that maybe Castaic Lake would be a good place to kayak. So, on Monday, November 6, we packed up  drove a half hour to the RV park.

It's  a nice RV park......we had a pull through site.

We could hardly wait to get in the hot tub!

We had it all to ourselves!! Started soaking away the aches and pains. We decided it would take more than one soaking....glad we had three days here.

The next day we took Maggie and Marlee  and drove out to check out Castaic Lake.

Beautiful Lake!

Grass and Trees!

Maggie and Marlee enjoyed it too!

We had a good time walking around the lake.
The next day we left Maggie and Marlee home and brought our blow up Kayak.

Practically deserted too!



The Dock

Our blow up kayak.

We had a great time......it is a perfect lake for kayaking.

We drove home the next day feeling rested and ready to start setting up for the trees and Manager's Meeting, which will be held at our lot, Saturday, November 18.

SHERRY & BAXTER VISIT, MORE OF THE PUMPKINS!

I invited Sherry to stop by for a visit on her way to Arizona. She and Baxter  arrived Sunday, October 22. It was good to see her!

Marlee just couldn't wait to see Baxter!

We had a good visit.....even had a picnic in the tent!!

The last ten days of October, we were very busy! 

Darrell and I call it "The Pumpkin Buying Frenzy!"

These SoCals do enjoy their pumpkins!

Long line waiting for their pumpkins to be rung up!
 All the wheelbarrows and wagons were being used......so improvise!!

This tent was a wonderful addition this year....it was a hot and windy season.

We sold $54,000 in merchandise and pumpkins.....we were very pleased!

This was our fourth year selling pumpkins for Bennett's Best and of all the years, we enjoyed this one the most! We closed early Halloween night and had our traditional dinner at Olive Garden.

BENNETT'S BEST PUMPKINS AND CHRISTMAS TREES

We left for  Saugus and the Pumpkin/Christmas tree lot on Monday, September 25, it was only 80 miles from Bakersfield.  The crew, Doug and Greg were there working.  It was good to see them again.  Doug enlarged our RV space, it's great to have more room!

No pumpkins yet, just a few straw bales.

We were surprised to have this second tent!

The RV spot from the tent.

We got busy the next day getting the cashier box ready to paint. We went to Lowe's and bought a gallon of paint and the next day Darrell got it painted.

We were busy the rest of the week getting things ready. On Sunday, we put together our "official greeter."

We got pumpkins on Wednesday, October 4.

Doug's crew bringin' in the pumpkins!

We got 2,160 this  first shipment.



Beautiful, beautiful pumpkins

We opened Thursday, October 5.

Kids love to come to Bennett's Best and dress up and jump on the Bouncies.

And of course, eat free popcorn!

We had fun Bouncies this year!

 The Obstacle Course......

The Castle........

The Dragon.....

And ......The Slide

 We enjoyed our customers....even the 4 legged ones!

So many of our customers welcomed us back and said they missed us last year and were glad we were back.
We celebrated Maggie's 14th birthday on October 12.

Maggie and Marlee even  shared a small cake.