On a day when a good portion of this great nation of ours is preoccupied with the weather prognosticating abilities of a ground-dwelling rodent, I thought I would trot out a little treasure that I found in an ethnic pastry I received at my local HyVee store/restaurant.  I feel it pretty well sums up what the gravel grinding scene is all about.

Planning is still on the table for what today I'm calling April Fool's Eve Gravelfest on March 31, 2012.  If the rodent is to believed winter should be mostly over by then.