No thanks McKee, no thanks.
With nothing much to do on a Saturday afternoon my boyfriend and I headed out to McKee Ranch to look at their pumpkin patch and select a pumpkin for carving and making tasty baked pumpkin seeds with. But my goodness this poor excuse for a "pumpkin patch" is ridiculous!
Fist off, you can't tell who is an employee here. My boyfriend and I were both bewildered as to how the pumpkin purchasing worked, and on top of this we simply walked into the ranch without paying (upon us leaving I noticed a sign that said "$20 per family"). 20 bucks?! No. Way. I would never pay that much to walk into this tiny "ranch".
There are a ton of horses, which were pretty much the highlight of the whole experience. But there was no clear way to feed them - or if it was even OKAY to feed them! There was also a Shetland Pony and a Clydesdale. After wandering around a bit we were both kind of amused and disappointed in our random trip here.
Note: the place is like a hodge-podge of old stuff. Let's say an episode of Hoarder's threw up all over an outdoor farm area - that's what this place looks like. Oh, not to mention the random chickens just wandering around and the poor little billy goat I saw cowering behind a fence surrounded by cacti, probably because he was tired of all the little kids and people messing with him.
My boyfriend and I grabbed a pumpkin on our way out, but then realized neither of us had cash on hand to give to the guy collecting money at the door (first time I noticed any exchange of funds). So we deposited our pumpkin back where it came from and walked out, not having paid, not having had a really good time.