I won't get a chance to get out and take pictures of the area today, as there is a lot of work to do at the inn in the wake of the holiday week.

The majority of our New Years inn guests checked out this morning. They are either on the slopes, of driving home right now as I write this. While Mary and I run the inn as a business, at this point in time the inn is also our life, so our guests make all the difference. And the guests who visited with us this holiday season were really nice.

The guests we had this holiday season came from all walks of life. We had business executives, retirees, young lovers, kids with baseball caps on who when carded at the bar were in their late 20's. Skiing and boarding do have an element of danger, so we had a few bumps and bruises, and a broken wrist added to the mix as well. But, and this is the important part, all of our guests genuinely seemed to have a very good time visiting Killington.

In talking with people at the bar, and we all know who kept whom up till the early morning hours, people seem very up beat...perhaps for the first time in several years. The economy seems to be doing better. World events, while many are quite tragic, have morphed at least for a while into the background noise of life in the 21st century. And all of this allowed many of the guests to the area to take a break, to relax and spend time to recharge before heading out into the battles of 2006.

Mary and I are very grateful for all of the guests who visited with us this holiday season. We were re-acquainted with old friends, and made many new ones. And we look forward to seeing you again the next time you visit Killington.