August 24 - still growing and raining

We left town for a few days to explore Telluride and I came back to find my pumpkin still thriving. It measured 54" this morning. I've put the hail screens on it as protection since we had hail last week and I didn't want to take any chances. The skin seems to still be soft and not turning hard yet. That could be from all the shade the back yard gets. I noticed lots of little red bugs running all over the surface of the pumpkin. Must be mites of some kind.

Dave says his measured 74" last night. Last year this time it was 81".