A 2,500 pound pumpkin? Greetings from Half Moon Bay

Photo ops galore: Beautiful coast, redwoods, all those open fields and pumpkins too!

Grower Cindy Tobeck’s pumpkin came in fourth in the Half Moon Bay contest weigh-in, at 1,671 pounds

A few days ago I was in Half Moon Bay, a small agricultural hamlet south of San Francisco, watching forklifts move around giant-size pumpkins that resembled little monsters.

This weekend is the setting for the 50th annual Half Moon Bay Pumpkin festival, an…