Ground Hog Breakfast

Many, many years ago (long before I came to Snowflake) Uncle Gene (Grandpa Flake's older brother) started having biscuit and gravy "groundhog day breakfasts" on the ditch bank on "Back Street" (now Stinson St.) in the cold, dark hours of morning. He invited a few friends and relatives and it grew and grew to a huge breakfast. When Uncle Gene left to go on a mission the town took it over and served the breakfast at the town park.

Now the volunteer fire department and the town cook and serve the breakfast in the cafeteria on the first Saturday in February. It's absolutely free and consists of biscuits and gravy (either green chili or regular), has browns and ground hog (sausage).

When our kids were home we always got the kids up long before daylight so we could eat before starting our day's work. Now, I guess we don't have as much work because Gerald and I get up around 6:30 and join those who don't rise quite so early.

Today we enjoyed the company of town's people and family for the annual event. We saw Rex and his boys there, but the camera was in the car so Gerald didn't get a picture of them. He took this one picture and then our camera died, but this picture shows a few of the people that were there.