The Bagel tees off on the 16th hole at Green Mountain National surrounded by fall foliage glory.

The Bagel tees off on the 16th hole at Green Mountain National surrounded by fall foliage glory.

What a gorgeous day!

I had my shorts on this morning when I left the inn at 8:45 for a 9:00 tee time at Green Mountain National. The temperature was a crisp 46 degrees. The car was covered in a thick morning dew. And the sun was shining brightly, giving me confidence in my clothes choices for the morning.

The early morning sun highlighted the fall colors popping up all around Killington. Many maple trees were glowing with fire in the morning sun. And from the many vista's around the Green Mountain National Golf Course, fall colors were on full display.

Reports along Route 4 to the east of Killington indicate that the color is starting to fire up in the Woodstock area. Several guests of the inn hiked up Mount Tom just outside of Woodstock. They said that the early season foliage views were really nice; and they enjoyed the mild exercise from the walk to the top of the mountain.

For those of you who read the blog year round, today's round of golf was with the Bagel; a ski friend usually mentioned more often in the winter ski reports I post from Killington. Where I started in shorts and a fleece, the Bagel was in pants, which by the 3rd hole he had changed out of in favor of shorts as well. While temperatures today in Killington have struggled to reach the mid 60's, the bright sunshine certainly made it feel warmer on the fairways of the golf course.

Speaking of the coming winter, our weekend accomplice, Merisa, was quoted in an article on Liftopia titled "The East's Top 3 Most Livable Ski Towns. Liftopia picked Killington as Number 1! But you already knew that....

Where ever you may be .. there are still many weeks of good golf weather left, so keep it in the fairway...And if you don't favor golf, at least get out side and take in some of the fall foliage beauty of Vermont.