We usually go to Carpinito Brothers in Kent for your straight-forward, no-frills pumpkin patch. This time we decided to check out Bob's Corn and Pumpkin Farm in Snohomish, which is one of the bigger farms I'd heard great things about.

A few observations:

You might find yourself elbow to elbow, knee to knee with unmasked people. The (unmasked) employee hollered for everyone to "Scooch in!" on the hayride.

No one brings reusable bags to the grocery store. In Seattle, you're kind of a monster if you didn't bring your organic, fair trade, grass fed, local, farm to table reusable bags.

Local sales tax was only 7.8 percent!