Roloff Farms Pumpkin Festival

Roloff Farms Pumpkin Festival opens the farm on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, with specialty pumpkins and gourds sold separately as a u-pick. A daily Matt chat covers his stories and the book "Little Lucy, Big Race." The wagon tour passes Molly's Castle, the Goat Hotel, and Noah's Ark, then stops at a frontier-style Old Western Town. Zombie Time and the Tee Party's mobile golf simulator with fall-themed and haunted courses plus closest-to-the-pin games. Named stops also include Chickenopolis, hay pyramids, a giant sandbox, duck races, gold panning, goats, sheep, bunnies, and a food court. General admission skips the wagon tour and train ride; the combo ticket includes both.

Our take: Get the combo ticket if Molly's Castle and the Old Western Town are the point, and be on site for the 1:00 p.m. Matt chat.