Last hurrah for the Birch Ridge Inn 2008 Christmas Tree

Last hurrah for the Birch Ridge Inn 2008 Christmas Tree

Today feels like a Frank Sinatra song....."and now..the end is near...and so I face..the final curtain..."

After a good 2 week run, Christmas/New Years holiday guests are departing Killington for home. With any luck, most will be heading off to work on Monday morning with a brace of crisp air to remind them of their holiday in the mountains.

Of course, at Killington, work begins anew to greet winter visitors coming to the mountains. All over town this week Christmas decorations will be coming down, being replaced by winter finery. Mary already has the tasks laid out to take down the inn's Christmas tree. By Tuesday or Wednesday it will be just a memory, captured in digital images stored on computers at the inn and with guests around the world.

I, like many local residents, am looking forward to catching up on some sleep and going out on the mountain for a few runs. With a little luck, I will be out on the hill on Monday. I could have skied over the holidays, Doctors orders not withstanding, but we were very fortunate to be busy over the holiday weeks. Sometimes I give up sleep for skiing, but I can't do that over a full 2 week stretch.

To all of our guests who visited Mary and I at Birch Ridge these last two weeks - thank you! We look forward to seeing you again the next time you return to Killington. Good luck, safe journey, and happy New Year!

...Let it snow!