The Roloff family is featured in a series on TLC called "Little People, Big World". They live just outside Portland on a farm just off the Helvetia Hwy.
Being big fans of the show (and having nothing else to do on a Sunday afternoon), we drove out, taking advantage of the break in the non-stop rain and had a visit. There was a 2-hr long wait for the tour of the farm (basically you get to see the parts of the farm that are off-limits to pumpkin-pickers)...as seen on TV! We weren't ready to stand around in the mud for 2 hours, so we just poked around the pumpkins. Being that this was the 2nd to last weekend before Halloween, the selection was grim.
Most of the pumpkins were either green, moldy or broken. HOWEVER, we DID catch a glimpse of the Roloff mom, Amy glad-handling the people in line for the tour (brush with greatness #1).
Later we went to a different part of the pumpkin patch and saw MR. Roloff himself, Matt! He was riding around on his little cart....AS SEEN ON TV!!!! WOW! (brush with greatness #2).
After giving up on finding a pumpkin that wouldn't ooze all the way home, we went into the little gift shop thing. Boy, what a lack of enthusiasm to take my cash. They basically sold more pumpkins, some tshirts, hats, jelly and a book by Matt. Where were the little knick-knacks you usually find? Oh well... We ended up getting a 12 pound "cinderella" pumpkin to make a pie (or 4!). So cute!
Well, guess who ended up taking our money?!?!? MISS MOLLY ROLOFF!!!! WHOA! She was taking pictures with almost everyone who came through her line, poor dear. (brush with greatness #3)All in all we saw 1/2 of the Roloff family for the price of a pumpkin...$5! Sweet!
Now, if i can just hunt down that doll of a carpenter Andrew Dan-Jumbo to make my TLC-stalking complete. YUM!
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I've heard of these peeps and seen 'em on whatever channel, but have never watched an episode. Inneresting!!!
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