The Calabazas (Pumpkin) Festival was held every year in October at
Oracle State Park
until the park closed due to budget cuts.
Lining up for the Desert Harvesters Hammermill to have mesquite pods and beans ground into flour.
Archery lessons were available for ages eight and up.
Queuing up to buy lunch. Decisions, decisions...
Looking (or not) at the exhibits.
Drawing faces on pumpkins near the old corral. Oracle State Park was once a working cattle ranch
and is now an environmental education center and wildlife refuge.
The Tortolita Gut Pluckers band played bluegrass music.