Pumpkin Chuckin’ Festival in Moab
Monday, October 13th, 2008
Go to the Annual Pumpkin Chuckin’ Festival in Moab, Utah. Why? Because it benefits the Youth Garden Project and because it’s absolute hoot!
Each year around harvest time, locals and visitors gather on the runway at the old airport to see who can hit targets with flying pumpkins launched from all kinds of weird contraptions - giant sling shots, home made catapults, air cannons and things I can’t even name. These folks put some serious time and effort into it, too. Just wait until you see the size of these things!
Since it’s also near Halloween, paricipants and spectators parade around in their best costumes for the event. There’s live music, pie eating contests (pumpkin pie, of course), crafts vendors, game booths and yummy eats.
People from all over the world visit Moab for all kinds of activities - touring the geological wonders, viewing the incredible scenery, rockhounding, hiking, biking, jeeping, rafting and rock climbing to name a few. Maybe someday they’ll realize how much fun celebrating harvest and Halloween in the red rock desert can be, too.
All photos from the Americorps Youth Garden Project.
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