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Groundhog Day 2013: Forget Punxsutawney Phil, Go to Woodstock
Just don't take the brown acid. Oh, sorry, that's another Woodstock. If you want to get in the fun of Groundhog Day, there's a great weekend trip up the road.
Forget Forget Punxsutawney Phil and Gobbler's Knob, PA. Woodstock, IL, is the place to be tomorrow—Saturday, Feb. 2, Groundhog Day 2013. As the Woodstock groundhog website will tell you, Woodstock is located 51 miles northwest of the Chicago loop. It's just 39.6 miles from Geneva, so clearly it's the superior destination point if you care deeply about furry weather forecasters not named Al Roker. We're not bragging, but the score in 2012 was Woodstock 1, Gobbler's Knob 0 as far as predicting a shorter winter. Woodstock, of course, is the place where the excellent Ramis comedy starring Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell and Chris Elliott was shot. Woodstock’s weeklong Groundhog Day celebration already is in full swing at the Woodstock Opera …
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