Belated Halloween Report
The foliage this year was particularly brilliant. Julia took this photo just before we left on out autumn tour.
I had imagined that I would send out some blogs as we were on the road, but somehow never found the quiet time to write anything, so I'll be posting our adventures over the next few days.
The Damariscotta Pumpkin Festival
Five years ago a couple of local guys who had grown a large pumpkin (about 700 lbs) decided to try making it into a boat. After cutting a hole in the flat side and adding a deck, transom, and small outboard motor, they got it into the river and putted around the town landing in Damariscotta. The next year there were three pumpkin boats, then a dozen or so. Last year the chamber of commerce got involved and now we have a four day festival on Columbus Day weekend.
The streets are lined with smaller pumpkins (300-400 lbs) which are decorated by local artists. This spider must have startled anybody with arachnophobia!
The 700-800 lb pumpkins are made into boats. There is now a motor and a paddle division. The REALLY big pumpkins (1000 lbs and up) are in the parade but are too big for making into boats.
We were working that day so I didn't get any photos but here is a video. The outriggers are a new idea. You can clearly see the weight (798) on the white pumpkin.
The Sleepy Hollow Pumpkin Blaze
Our first stop on our trip was with friends in Sleepy Hollow, NY. There they have a month-long display with about 5000 lighted pumpkins. About half the pumpkins are real and half are artificial. The real ones are replaced as they decay.
The artificial pumpkins are often elaborately carved and are arranged in display groupings. We saw life size T-rex, pirates, ghosts, faeries, flowers, celtic knots - it was really amazing.
What is this about???
We live without a television and consequently have missed a lot of popular culture (and also political campaign broadcasts) over the last twenty years. Can anybody tell me what this is about?? Julia took this picture from the window of the car as we were riding down I-84 in New York.
Either the giant Bud bottles or the life size orca would be understandable but together?
I had imagined that I would send out some blogs as we were on the road, but somehow never found the quiet time to write anything, so I'll be posting our adventures over the next few days.
The Damariscotta Pumpkin Festival
Five years ago a couple of local guys who had grown a large pumpkin (about 700 lbs) decided to try making it into a boat. After cutting a hole in the flat side and adding a deck, transom, and small outboard motor, they got it into the river and putted around the town landing in Damariscotta. The next year there were three pumpkin boats, then a dozen or so. Last year the chamber of commerce got involved and now we have a four day festival on Columbus Day weekend.
The streets are lined with smaller pumpkins (300-400 lbs) which are decorated by local artists. This spider must have startled anybody with arachnophobia!The 700-800 lb pumpkins are made into boats. There is now a motor and a paddle division. The REALLY big pumpkins (1000 lbs and up) are in the parade but are too big for making into boats.
We were working that day so I didn't get any photos but here is a video. The outriggers are a new idea. You can clearly see the weight (798) on the white pumpkin.
The Sleepy Hollow Pumpkin Blaze
Our first stop on our trip was with friends in Sleepy Hollow, NY. There they have a month-long display with about 5000 lighted pumpkins. About half the pumpkins are real and half are artificial. The real ones are replaced as they decay.
The artificial pumpkins are often elaborately carved and are arranged in display groupings. We saw life size T-rex, pirates, ghosts, faeries, flowers, celtic knots - it was really amazing.What is this about???
We live without a television and consequently have missed a lot of popular culture (and also political campaign broadcasts) over the last twenty years. Can anybody tell me what this is about?? Julia took this picture from the window of the car as we were riding down I-84 in New York.
Either the giant Bud bottles or the life size orca would be understandable but together?Labels: Halloween, Pumpkin boats
posted by Fred Gosbee at
8:03 PM
1 Comments:
What people did with those pumpkins is amazing. :) I'd have liked to see a close-up picture of a fairy pumpkin.
That last picture is baffling to me, too. I have no idea what the whale and the Bud bottles would be doing together.
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