SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5
Drove to Woodstock, Illinois, for the last day of their Groundhog Days Festival. I saw the movie "Groundhog Day" in the big screen at the Woodstock Theatre which was in the movie as the Alpine Theatre where Bronco Billy Murray and date went. I didn't know the date was Mrs. Gary Fencik, Chicago Bears player from Super Bowl XX.
The place was packed and everyone was laughing at the comments.
Then took a walk around the Woodstock Square past the Top Top Cafe (now a Mexican restaurant) and Bill's Puddle, where Ned accosted Bill, the Pennsylvanian Hotel (Woodstock Opera House) and the bar where they drank to world peace.
Of course, the entire square itself was the site of Gobbler's Knob where the groundhog was pulled out of his burrow. It also was where they danced in the gazebo, where Bill did his ice sculpture and the snowball fight.
Stopped at Wayne's Lanes which was the bowling alley in the movie where Bill saw his glass as half enpty and where the drunks got in the car and led the cops on a chase. They now have a cut out of Bill Murray at the spot he was sitting at.
Drove to McHenry and had Bloody Marys at the Polish Legion ($2.75), mixed drinks at the McHenry American Legion (rail drinks $3) and beers at Sunnyside ($2).
Busy Day. That Darn Goundhog's Got To Be Stopped. --RoadHog
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