Pumpkins, beer, Hokies & family…those were on the agenda a few weeks ago when my in-laws came into town. After some suggestions from my mommy group, we decided to head down to the new Naylor Family Farm in Fuquay-Varina to visit the pumpkin patch. Before setting out on the search for the best pumpkins, we stopped at Aviator’s Smokehouse restaurant in downtown Fuquay-Varina to enjoy a yummy lunch and tasty microbrews. I would recommend the wings paired with a beer flight while Bill would recommend the Monster sandwich and its four different types of meat with the Oktoberfest.
After lunch, we headed a few miles south to Naylor Family Farm. It’s not the typical “park” I should be blogging about, but it has great outdoor activities for the entire family. Being new, there wasn’t a crowd on hand so we were able to leisurely take our time through everything. We paid $15/person for a Master Pass to all the different areas. There are different admission passes depending on what you’re interested in doing. They have a large corn maze, relaxing hayride to the pumpkin patch, petting zoo, barrel slides, straw bale playground, and larger pumpkins/fall produce for sale. The family was extremely nice to chat with and excited about their first year of operation so be sure to check them out. After the pumpkin patch, we headed over to Carolina Ale House with the RTP Hokies to watch the Hokies beat Wake Forest!
With the last weekend in October coming up, I encourage you to get out and enjoy some of these fall activities. Naylor Family Farm is open until Nov 5th; Aviator Brewing Company still has the Oktoberfest, and the Hokies are playing at Duke at 12:30pm! In addition, be sure to check out these other favorite Halloween activities of mine:
- Raleigh Jaycees Haunted House (open Fri-Halloween, hours vary, 2526 Hillsborough St, $10 cash only at the door)
- Kids Day at the Haunted House (Sun, Oct 30th from 2-5pm, 2526 Hillsborough St, $5 cash only at the door)
- Haunted Mordecai Lantern Tour (Sat, Oct 29th starting at 6pm, $6 adults, $3 kids)
- Fearrington Pumpkinfest (Sun, Oct 30th from 5-8pm, FREE)
Happy Halloween to all!
The guy in the orange shirt isn’t smiling, the old grump … but I bet he was having fun anyway!
What a fun place to visit; wish I’d been there to see it with you.
We had a fabulous time — with the farm and Ashley!