As summer wanes and the temperature drastically drops into the mid-eighties (brrrrrrr), one thing is certain: Fall is in the air in Austin. Or maybe it’s just the ragweed. Either way, October means it’s time to pay a local farm for the privilege of waiting in lines to look at large, orange squash-y things. Hooray!
![Year to year pumpkin patch comparison](https://www.thatpoorebaby.com/wp-content/uploads/post_pumpkinpatchcompare.jpg)
Someday he will smile in his pumpkin patch photo, I just know it
This year, we went to The Fall Festival at Barton Hill Farms near Bastrop. It features all the basic Autumn accoutrements: A pumpkin patch (seen above), a huge corn maze, a mini corn maze, barnyard animals, lots of food, live music and various games to keep kids from getting bored.
![That Poore Baby plays tetherball at Barton Hill Farms](https://www.thatpoorebaby.com/wp-content/uploads/post_tetherball.jpg)
Like this fall favorite (Insert your favorite Napoleon Dynamite quote here)
For a few more bucks, you can feel like a true VIP and get yourself an Adventure Pass. This gives you access to the grain train, tricycle racing, a huge jumping pillow and Bessy’s cow train. For us, it was worth it for the jumping pillow alone, the little man couldn’t get enough.
![Riding the cow train at the Fall Festival in Bastrop](https://www.thatpoorebaby.com/wp-content/uploads/post_cowtrain.jpg)
Not quite sure why he’s giving me the stink eye (on Bessy’s cow train)
All in all, it was a great way to spend a few hours (and a few bucks) on a chilly (it was totally in the 70s when we headed out) autumn day in the Central Texas area.
![That Poore Baby picking a pumpkin](https://www.thatpoorebaby.com/wp-content/uploads/post_pickingpumpkins.jpg)
While this looks innocent, a second later he tried to bounce it like a ball
![That Poore Baby almost sits still](https://www.thatpoorebaby.com/wp-content/uploads/post_pumpkinphotoop.jpg)
This was as close as we got to a posed fall photo
Regular admission is $8 for kids (3-10) and $11 for everyone else (11+). The Adventure Pass will set you back $13 (3-10) and $15 (11+). Under 3 is totes free. I recommend ponying up the extra few bucks for the Adventure Pass.
Barton Hill Farms1115 Farms to Market 969
Bastrop, TX 78602