This is a rather boring time of the year. There are not many festivals going on anywhere. The Blog tech and I had never visited Punxsutawney before so we decided to take a day trip and see what it is all about.
We might be the only people who have ever visited there when it wasn't actually Groundhog Day.
Groundhog headquarters was closed.
Goofy groundhogs abound.
Main street. The movie wasn't even shot here.
Other than goofy groundhogs, there is not a lot to see.
We spied this sign as we were driving down the street. Gobbler's Knob is where the actual groundhog sighting takes place.
And why is it called Gobbler's Knob? Apparently some groundhogs were injured during this event in the past. Injured and eaten...gobbled if you will. Ewwww!
If you look closely, you will see a photo of the actual crowd that turns out for this event.
This is the stage where it all takes place.
The groundhog theme permeates the town.
Even Mickey D's has one.
Also closed while we were there.
I might have to kill myself if I lived here. At least I would have to kill some big goofy groundhogs though I would not eat them. Hope you enjoyed our little trip. Now none of us ever has to go here again.
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I have known people who have eaten groundhog and they say its not bad, much like beaver, I do not know this first hand, all I do know about a ground hog is they are very vicious, I had one cornered under our back steps and the noise it made was horrendous, even the dog was afraid,fierce little guys they are,
Here in Seguin (Sah-geen) Texas it's all about the Home of the Giant Pecan. I swear that if I see one more fake giant pecan around this place I'll go insane.
Thanks for showing how it really looks there, I doubt it would be a must see place if I ever started to travel again :-)
Have a great day!
Christer.
Our ground hog's name is Shubenacadie Sam and he saw his shadow and ran back under ground! So that means 6 more weeks of winter for us! Yeah?