Day at the pumpkin patch

DSC_0695.WEBJohner Riehl tries to get sons Quinner, 6, sitting on pumpkins, Whitaker, 4, in wagon, and Zyler, 2, ready for a family photo at Mountain Valley Ranch on Saturday. The pumpkin patch at 842 Highway 78, east of Magnolia Avenue, is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily through Halloween, Oct. 31. Pony rides are offered on weekends.

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Two-year-old Brendan Tanner of Ramona rides on top of the pumpkins his family picked out as his dad, Brent, pulls the wagon at Mountain Valley Ranch on Saturday.

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Johner Riehl gets some help carrying a pumpkin out of the patch from sons Whitaker, 4, and Zyler, 2, at Mountain Valley Ranch on Saturday.

Sentinel photos/Karen Brainard