I bet you’re wondering, “It’s fall, where can I take a cute pic at a pumpkin patch?” Luckily, there are a couple of locations north of Santa Cruz along Highway 1 to take that “cute pic.”

For “This Week in Photos,” I took a trip to the Rodoni Farms pumpkin patch. This month, the farm is open daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and has a field full of organic pumpkins and vegetables. Its makeshift playground and 5.5-acre corn maze make it the perfect spot to bring the kids or take a romantic stroll. With the Pacific Ocean to the west and the mountainside to the east, the sea of orange pumpkins should kick every itch of summer out of you.

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