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  To create the ultimate Halloween party, we decided that we would need pumpkins. . . a lot of pumpkins. Being the deal hunters that we are, we realized that the biggest pumpkins for the fewest dollars came straight from the farm. We found a very lovely family farm by the name of Schuh Farm in the Skagit Valley. We hopped on the Five and drove an hour north to Mount Vernon and soon we were greeted by a huge barn boasting a forty-foot-tall pumpkin. Nice! We proceeded to see about the pick-yer-own patch. This special patch was across the street and was full of mud and rotting pumpkins and stretched for a little bit shy of “as far as the eye could see”. We pulled our rig up through the back-way only to begin a battle with a very small, very loud dog. Being a dog lover, I was afraid I would run over the poor little guy and hopped out of the car to shoo it away. This worked for a minute, keeping him safe enough for us to park and change into our pumpkin picking boots. We picked through the rotten and misshapen pumpkins, only choosing the very finest most distinctive looking pumpkins. The misguidedly ferocious pup did manage to bite me before we were through. A mere scratch, but a real let down, I wanted to believe he was a harmless little yapper, but clearly he was out for blood. This motivated us to pick fast. In just about an hour, we managed to pick 50 pumpkins. Some of them as big as fifty pounds.
Then it was back to the farm, to visit the tamer animals and pick up some specialty squashes and gourds, including the elegant Autumn Wings squash, the dreamy sage colored Boer and the jazzily patterned Carnival and Festival gourds. We also purchased a ‘Fairytale’ squash worthy of Cinderella’s coach, a pretty Long Island Cheese squash, mini Peek-a-boo’s and the totally psychedelic harvest beauty Turk’s Turban.
  
Then, Mike of Mike Washes Windows let us drop by his Green Lake area house to make use of his hose and washing skills. It is here we hosed, scrubbed and towel dried each pumpkin, giving them that special The Adventure School shine.
   Then it was time to transfer the bounty to transform Maveron’s offices into a cornucopia of harvest and BOO-tiful cheer.
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