There's Been a Little Seed Spittin' Goin' On

Today in Thomson, the 2nd Annual Watermelon Festival, sponsored by the Watson-Brown Foundation, was held at Hickory Hill. What a fun, fun event to celebrate August ~ representing the winding down of Summer and the beginning of the new school year.

For our family, today represents bragging rights: my oldest son won the watermelon seed spitting event for his age group ~ 18 feet, 6 inches! (I would have to surmise that all the dugout spitting of sunflower seeds had to help here....). Both boys teamed up to win the 3 legged, greased watermelon race as well.

There was an antique tractor show, music, vendors, mule drawn wagon rides, the Watermelon Queen (a steadfast, Southern tradition), civil war reenactment(s), and of course, free watermelon!

The event was free and we already have our calendars marked to attend next year's festival ~ afterall, we have braggin' rights at stake!

Happy Saturday!
hkj