Birch Ridge Inn being blanketed in white by spring snow storm.

Birch Ridge Inn being blanketed in white by spring snow storm.

Maybe the Mayans were on to something? Maybe all the work being done by Doomsday Preppers is worthwhile after all? Has the earth started to tilt to a different center point on it's axis? The signs are all there!

Yesterday was a perfect example. A cool, crisp, Easter Sunday in Killington. Mary and I went to brunch with some friends in Woodstock. Then we came home to watch the annual rite of spring, "The Masters" golf tournament from Augusta National in Georgia. Augusta National, the staid repose of the plutocracy. And low and behold, someone named "Bubba" from Bagdad wins the tournament. With a Pink Driver no less. The earth must have begun it's off axis tilt

OK... so it's just a random event you say...

This morning in Killington it looked to be a damp day. Light r@!n fell starting after midnight. At around 7:00AM the precipitation changed to snow. It has literally been puking snow outside for 5 hours as I write this blog. After a basically snowless winter, and weeks in the 80's in March at Killington, we now get snow!... Maybe tin foil hats are in order.

But of course, I am writing tongue in cheek. Early spring snow storms at Killington are natural phenomenon. We have them almost every year. And this year is no different.

And Bubba Watson, this years winner of "The Masters"....he is a consummate professional golfer who has been honing his craft for years. He is from Bagdad... not Bagdad Iraq but Bagdad Florida. And that "Pink Driver" he plays. It's part of Bubba's efforts to raise money for charity called "Bubba and friends drive to a million". The driver is part of a year-long campaign sponsored by Ping. Every time Bubba drives the ball over 300 yards, Ping will donate $300 dollars to his charity. At $300 per drive for his first 300 drives over 300 yards -- that's a lot of 300s -- Watson stands to rack up $90,000 for his foundation, just for doing what he always does. We should all be so dedicated to helping others.

So I guess all is still right with the world after all... at least for today.

Let it snow...so it goes..