Every year in the small Texas town of Luling, they have what is called the annual "Watermelon Thump." It's basically just carnival rides, some live music, people selling trinkets and other crap, random food stands, and lots and lots of watermelon. There's watermelon eating contests, watermelon spitting contests, and other watermelon activities.
When Christy found out about this event and suggested we should go, I wasn't very enthused about it. Walking around looking at watermelons in 110 degree heat isn't my idea of a fun Sunday afternoon. I relented and decided to go anyway. Not because Christy convinced me it would be fun, but out of sheer boredom. Had we not gone to the "Watermelon Thump", we probably would have just gone to Wal Mart or Target and spent more money than we should. So...the Thump it is!
My expectations of Luling were that of a watermelon town. I thought everything would be painted green and red, and watermelons would be sold everywhere. In Taiwan, there's a town called "Dahu" that is famous for its strawberries. This city goes all out to promote its main attraction. Everything in the entire town is strawberry and strawberry related products. In Luling, however, I had a hard time finding any watermelon at all. It took about 10 minutes after we arrived before I finally found a stand selling watermelon juice, and there were no signs advertising it. What the hell? And no, we weren't exploring some back streets of the town. We were right in the heart of the "Watermelon THUMP." So where were the watermelons?
To be honest, we did see some watermelons in the "Central Texas Oil Patch Museum", and as we were driving out of town, we saw a stand selling watermelons for $3 a piece (so we naturally bought one.) But other than that, I would have never known this was a watermelon town.
When Christy found out about this event and suggested we should go, I wasn't very enthused about it. Walking around looking at watermelons in 110 degree heat isn't my idea of a fun Sunday afternoon. I relented and decided to go anyway. Not because Christy convinced me it would be fun, but out of sheer boredom. Had we not gone to the "Watermelon Thump", we probably would have just gone to Wal Mart or Target and spent more money than we should. So...the Thump it is!
My expectations of Luling were that of a watermelon town. I thought everything would be painted green and red, and watermelons would be sold everywhere. In Taiwan, there's a town called "Dahu" that is famous for its strawberries. This city goes all out to promote its main attraction. Everything in the entire town is strawberry and strawberry related products. In Luling, however, I had a hard time finding any watermelon at all. It took about 10 minutes after we arrived before I finally found a stand selling watermelon juice, and there were no signs advertising it. What the hell? And no, we weren't exploring some back streets of the town. We were right in the heart of the "Watermelon THUMP." So where were the watermelons?
To be honest, we did see some watermelons in the "Central Texas Oil Patch Museum", and as we were driving out of town, we saw a stand selling watermelons for $3 a piece (so we naturally bought one.) But other than that, I would have never known this was a watermelon town.
Fore more information on the annual Watermelon Thump, go here:
http://www.watermelonthump.com/
(Pictures: 1. Sara poses by the Luling sign. 2. The Central Texas Oil Patch Museum 3. Sara poses among the watermelons (which were not for sale) at the museum. 4. One of the many stands at the Watermelon Thump (the Democrats didn't have a stand, unfortunately). 5. The "Watermelon Thump" band.)
(Pictures: 1. Sara poses by the Luling sign. 2. The Central Texas Oil Patch Museum 3. Sara poses among the watermelons (which were not for sale) at the museum. 4. One of the many stands at the Watermelon Thump (the Democrats didn't have a stand, unfortunately). 5. The "Watermelon Thump" band.)
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