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Punkin’ Chunkin’

Posted on October 6, 2017 By Tom 2 Comments on Punkin’ Chunkin’
Photography, Science, Washington Sabbatical

Burlington Harvest Festival and Pumpkin Pitch-097

Laura and I used to love watching the World Championship Punkin Chunkin each year on the Science Channel. The show was hosted by Mythbusters Cari Byron and Grant Imahara and featured some amazing catapults and trebuchets. Sadly, the event has been cancelled because of an accident in 2016 involving one of the producers of the show.

Fast forward to this year…

We were delighted to see that a “Pumpkin Pitch” would be part of the 2017 Burlington Harvest Festival. We knew we HAD to see it, so last Saturday we headed over to the Skagit River Park in Burlington to watch the festivities.

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