Elk Grove Giant Pumpkin Festival Behind-the-Scenes Tour

Have you ever seen a one-ton pumpkin? Have you ever heard of giant pumpkins being carved into canoes and raced across a lake? The 28th annual Elk Grove Giant Pumpkin Festival will have all that and more on the weekend of Oct. 1 and 2.

Thousands of pumpkin enthusiasts flock to Elk Grove Park on the first weekend in October to…