Easter on the Farm 2010

Today we went to the Moorpark Farms "Easter on the Farm 2010" festival with family and friends. It's a two day event and not as elaborate as their Fall Festival, but it's still fun. There were a variety of farm animals including pygmy goats, rabbits, horses, ducks, etc. For some reason they weren't selling carrots this time, but you could buy animal food pellet for a quarter. One thing that was new (or at least I never saw it before) was a wooden walkway high in the air between the different goat pens on the farm.

Most of the rides and exhibits were for little kids (we had two with us). They had a pony ride, a straw pyramid, wooden trains and trucks that the kids could play on, and a grassy area with some kid-sized tunnels. The kids ran around and all and all they had a good time.

Around 11:30 we left for lunch. We decided to go to the Roundtable Pizza in Moorpark as it was close by, probably kid friendly and in the past we've had pretty good luck with their pizza. Not the best of plans. Ordered the pizzas and then got some salad at the salad bar. As I was eating, found a big clump of stuff in the potato salad. First thought it was hair, but it appeared to be a clump of thin nylon threads that had gotten burnt around the edges. Quite gross. Gave it to the clerk, but got no real response. Owners came in a bit later (I'm pretty sure they were the owners) and never said anything. They also got our order wrong and the "grab a stuffed animal" machine was weighted or loose (as per Jim - I've seen him use those machines, and if he says it's rigged, it's rigged!). We won't be going back there again.

Went on our way after that and made a quick stop at the Moorpark Farms in Somis (they have a produce stand) to pick up some fruit and vegetables.