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Bog Hollow Farm

Derek's cousins, Joyce and Darlene, live about an hour south of Boston. Life gets busy and the distance often seems farther than it is, so we don't get to see them as much as we would like. I started coordinating with Joyce awhile back about meeting up sometime this fall. Her son Zachary is in 2nd grade and Emily is 2y, 4m. We went to Emily's birthday party in June, but we haven't seen them since then.

We decided to meet up at Bog Hollow Farm, which is a dry cranberry bog in Kingston, MA. The farm looks pretty small as you're walking up to it. Columbus Day weekend is their Annual Pumpkin Patch event, however, and there was so much to see and do!


Tractors,

Zachary and his Uncle Pete

Emily was checking out Cousin Derek
An old fire truck,


Bunnies to hold (Zachary) and pet (S&Z),


Bluegrass/country music,


There were even cranberries being harvested!


We took a hay ride out to the "pumpkin patch".


In addition to picking out pumpkins, there was tons of stuff to do! The best part was a train that the little kids could ride on. I thought for sure one (or both of them) would freak out when they realized that they were going on the train ride without us. As you can see in the videos below, they both did great!!! Silas wanted to go back for more!






We played around with the pumpkins for awhile,


 

The kids were exhausted and hungry - thankfully Darlene keeps suckers in her purse so Silas and Zoe kept themselves busy with their first suckers ever while we waited for the tractor that would pull us back to the picnic area.


Before they knew it we were on our way again.


We had a picnic in the warm sun and then it was time to say goodbye,


Bye bye, cranberry bog! We hope to see you next year for a fun new tradition!!!
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Location: 80 Wapping Rd, Kingston, MA

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