Pennsylvania - Punxsutawney (Groundhog Day)

"1-Gobbler's Knob"

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United States Picture by David Aaronson
Travel story: Pennsylvania - Punxsutawney (Groundhog Day)

5:30 AM. Forty minutes after arriving in Punxsutawney, the self-proclaimed "Weather Capital of the World", we get off the shuttle bus that has brought us to Gobbler's Knob. Some twenty thousand people are already here and about that many more are still to arrive. Gobbler's Knob is really just a field in the woods with a stage at the lower end. On February 2nd, it is surrounded by portable spotlights and news vans from every major city within 300 miles. On stage members of the... More