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Mendo Lake Family Life

Take a Train to a Redwood Pumpkin Patch

Not all pumpkin patches are in wide-open fields. One, at least, is in the middle of a redwood grove. And the Skunk Train Pumpkin Express travels there. On the two-hour trip, passengers can nibble on Halloween treats and then pick a pumpkin from the patch to take home. The train runs Fridays–Sundays, plus Wednesdays and October 30. Trips are at 10:30 a.m. and, on Saturdays, also at 1:30 p.m. Tickets are $59.95; $10.95 for dogs; and free for infants on laps. Departure is from the Willits Depot on Commercial Street. For more information and to reserve a spot, go to skunktrain.com/pumpkin-express