By Chris Spangler
It took only an hour-and-a-half Thursday for volunteers to clean and carve 141 pumpkins for this weekend’s Haunted Halloween Hike at Haumerson’s Pond in Fort Atkinson.
Jerry and Sue Ropicki and Sean and Connie Kraus provided the pumpkins, which as jack-o-lanterns will line the Bark River Nature Park Trail.
The Friends of Haumerson’s Pond organization is sponsoring the event, which takes place Friday and Saturday, Oct. 20 and 21.
Hours are 6 to 9 p.m., with a kid-friendly trail open from 6 to 8 p.m.
There is no admission fee, but donations are appreciated.
Refreshments will be available for purchase.
Co-sponsors include Wayne Hayes Reality, Highland Dental, Badger Basement, Fort HealthCare, PremiereBank and Fort Community Credit Union.
Organizers ask that pets be left at home.
Photos from the carving activity follow.
Katie Fortney, at center, assists her sons, Max, at left, and Charlie as they design and carve their pumpkins. The Fortneys are from Fort Atkinson.
Evie Fortney, Fort Atkinson, enjoys carving a jack-o-lantern.
Three photos above: Volunteers use a variety of tools, including a reciprocating saw, to cut the pumpkins’ lids.
Racelyn Lau, from left, Aurelius Lau and their mother, Laura Lau, Fort Atkinson, scoop strands of pulp and seeds out of the pumpkins.
One by one, 141 pumpkins are unloaded from the trailer.
Completed jack-o-lanterns await placement along the Haunted Halloween Trail.
Volunteers start cutting lids off the pumpkins before scooping the strands of pulp and seeds.
Chris Spangler photos.
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