Saturday, October 5, 2013
October has made it to Atlanta and with it all things Halloween. Residents start stocking up on candy, getting costumes together, planning parties and picking out the perfect pumpkin to carve. The city is renowned for its ghoulish side as well. You have plenty of opportunities to get lost in fields of corn or be scared out of your skin at one of the many haunted houses in the metro area. Today I am featuring one activity to get your heart pumping, your brain thinking and your spirit ready for All Hallow’s Eve. Still Family Farm is a seventh generation farm in Powder Springs that is in its first year of providing pumpkins and Halloween activities. Tractor pulled hayrides, zip lines, pumpkin patches and rubber duck water races are all set up in stations around the farm, however the main draw for me was the pumpkin slingshot. Try your hand at aiming small pumpkins at hay bale and wheelbarrow targets set up on a range. Or try for distance. As of Saturday the record was 200 feet.
Jason Tarpley helps his son Ary aim the pumpkin slingshot as his other son Caiden watches at the Still Family Farm in Powder Springs on Saturday, October 5, 2013.
Glenn Still drives one of the tractors in the Tractor Parade at the Still Family Farm in Powder Springs on Saturday, October 5, 2013.
Alyssa Hale (left) sits on a bale of hay next to her mother Pam Maltz as Leslie Still Oubre gets ready to start the hayride at the Still Family Farm in Powder Springs on Saturday, October 5, 2013.
Sam Edge tries to wrap his arms around one of the pumpkins at the Still Family Farm in Powder Springs on Saturday, October 5, 2013.
Addie Bennett rides on the zip line at the Still Family Farm in Powder Springs on Saturday, October 5, 2013.
Lauren Winters (right) pulls back on a pumpkin slingshot as Tiffany Peacock leans in to help at the Still Family Farm in Powder Springs on Saturday, October 5, 2013.
Luke Lorenzo lines up rubber ducks in a water shoot at the Still Family Farm in Powder Springs on Saturday, October 5, 2013.
Nya Parker (right) and her sister Nahla crank the water pumps at the rubber duck race station at the Still Family Farm in Powder Springs on Saturday, October 5, 2013.
Mollie Moore places rubber ducks in a water shoot at the Still Family Farm in Powder Springs on Saturday, October 5, 2013.
Sam Edge picks out a pumpkin at the Still Family Farm in Powder Springs on Saturday, October 5, 2013.
Jason Tarpley (left) helps his son Caiden aim the pumpkin slingshot as his other son Ary watches at the Still Family Farm in Powder Springs on Saturday, October 5, 2013.