Groundhog Day 2011: Family Fun In Punxsutawney, PA

My parents endured in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania for a couple of years, and then my kids and I acknowledge a lot about the groundhog. Punxsutawney where the crowd is as big as 40,000 gathered to celebrate since at least 1886. Among the 1st matters you find while you come in the village is that everything (and I mean everything) has a groundhog on the subject. We have jerseys, hats and perspire with the rodent's face in it. Although my daughter was just a yearling and learning to speak, Punxsutawney was one and only the words she says regularly and there is a lovely remembrance today. So, our family eagerly waiting to see what happens this Groundhog Day 2011.

Just like the movie Groundhog Day with Bill Murray, the day stays a very large, festive celebration for those born in the city. It is also a festive celebration for visitors. When we were in that location, we frequently stopped by the Groundhog Zoo (yes, there is a whole zoo dedicated to the groundhog), and took pictures instead of the city with the greater than life statue of groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil.

At last, the great news of the day revolves around clearly how Phil out of his burrow at Gobbler's Knob Pennsylvania. If he watches his apparition, we can expect six weeks of winter. If not, so we aim an azoic spring.

I hold a game even higher in the prediction of Phil this year. After a bitter January cold and snowy strangely here in New York City, I hear that spring is on the road. The phenomenon of life on the same day time and again that was captured in the film is strangely being fagged in real world in the Northeast. Every week there's another snowstorm! So I don't precaution if it's just a tradition that bears little merit on actual weather. I prefer to center bright days and breezy afternoon walk in the park as opposed to climbing on 3-foot mounds of lousy snow on the path to the bus.

With fingers crossed, I'll look at Gobbler's Knob, the morning of February 2nd (and sadly awaiting yet another snowstorm!