By Miriam Raftery

September 19, 2024 (San Diego’s East County) -- Fall brings festivities galore! 

There are some awesome autumn events coming up across East County in late September and October, including the new Taste of the College Area, Oktoberfests in La Mesa and El Cajon, Hauntfest on Main and a Haunted Circus in El Cajon,  Rolling Pumpkins at Parkway Plaza, and Pumpkin Express train rides in Campo.

Here are the festive details:

The 2013 Pumpkin Express returns at the  Pacific Southwest Railway Museum in Campo This is the tenth annual Great Pumpkin event at the Museum.

Travel to the Great Pumpkin's Pumpkin Patch and tour the Haunted Train, where kids will pick out their own pumpkin and decorate it in the display building.

These trains are very popular and seating is limited, so reservations are required. Trains depart Saturdays and Sundays in October at 10 a.m., 12:15 p.m, and 2:30 p.m.