Usually we go to Lemos Farm for our annual Halloween visit on a weekday in September. We completely failed to organise our September trip this year and decided to risk a weekend visit in October figuring it wouldn’t be too busy this early in the month. We were wrong. It was awful: huge crowds, long lines, and nothing ‘free’ on offer to keep the kids amused while we waited for train/pony/hay rides. By the time we left around lunch the wait for the three-minute train ride was an hour. Seriously. My advice is to give Lemos Farm a miss in October unless you can get there first thing on a weekday morning…….
The kids did look cute checking out the pumpkins though.
The Outdoors Parent 
It is fun but definitely PACKED on the weekends. It is one of the nicer ones in the Bay Area tho. After going to Lemos for the past two years, we will probably do Uesugi Farms this year as our photo op location.
Uesugi Farms looks worth checking out — have fun!