Mwahahaha! Oh, the horror of Halloween! Too many entertaining fall activities and too little time! (See my next post if you don’t understand the basis of that scarcity.) Temporal constraints notwithstanding, fall activities, oddly enough, can only be enjoyed in the fall. You’ve got to carve when the pumpkin is bought, so carve we did.

We checked out Pumpkin Nights at the Utah State Fairpark. Pumpkin Nights was a gourd paradise with seven themed lands featuring over 3,000 carved pumpkins. The photo opportunities were plentiful, and staff members were on hand to render awkward selfies unnecessary. We had a bewitching time dipping under the sea and squirming through massive spiderwebs. Who knew aquatic dwellers and arachnids are all part of the squash family?

On another weekend, we invited our nieces and nephews to come to Evermore Park with us as a Halloween gift. Evermore is a one-of-a-kind, interactive experience that just opened in September. Its story and setting change with the seasons. Crypt vampires, leaf monsters, Victorian ghosts, cannibal witches, and dark curses all materialized in the park’s autumn haunt. Our evening was teeming with sundry screams and shrieks of laughter. Many of us became squires of the realm and got to fire the town’s cannon accordingly. Fantastic!

No matter how much madness our Halloween party brews, we always manage to make room for a few more fall spooks.