Color surrounds the carriageway at the Birch Ridge Inn.

Color surrounds the carriageway at the Birch Ridge Inn.

If you are an aficionado of 60's TV you will understand this line... "Missed it by that much".

The weather forecasters were just a little off today on their forecast. What was supposed to be a rainy wet day turned into a pleasant mostly sunny day in the Green Mountains around Killington. To be sure, when the day started it was wet and windy. So wet in fact that when I arose this morning around 8 to get ready for a 9:30 am tee time, I called the course and cancelled. The 8 am weather forecast that I was watching as I ate my breakfast said that the weather we were having at that time was to last most of the day. By 9:30 am, my scheduled and now cancelled tee time, the rain had subsided and the sun was shining. Never mind some play time... Mary had plenty of things for me to do around the inn. So it goes.....

Foliage around Killington had gotten muted in the last few days. The rain storms that have visited the area, combined with some overnight winds, have taken the early changing leaves off of many of the trees. The remaining leaves on the trees are the ones that have not yet vigorously started to change. The result is that the forests around Killington appear to have a significant amount of lush green in them. This, of course, is only a head fake for a couple of days before the remaining leaves take on their full fall regalia.

Guests meanwhile are enjoying the fall scene in Vermont. They are travelling all about the state taking in the fall colors, visiting Ben and Jerry's, stopping at many local wineries and cheese makers (Crowley Cheese in Mount Holly is a favorite.) It is just a nice time to be in Vermont and enjoy what Mother Nature has to offer.

Where ever you may be .. keep it in the fairway...And take in some of the fall foliage beauty of Vermont.