Tight Lies - Approaching the 7th green at Green Mountain National Golf Course

Tight Lies - Approaching the 7th green at Green Mountain National Golf Course

Just a beautiful day at Killington. Temperatures are in the mid 70's. The sun is shining through a filter of random, wispy, clouds. Bermuda shorts are the outfit of the day. Life is good......

Today is Green Up day through out Vermont. All around the state, volunteers have scattered up and down the roads picking up trash uncovered by the melted winter snow. Distinctive bright green trash bags were given out to Killington volunteers. Mary used one to police the area in front of the inn on the Killington Road.

The snow that the area received a couple of days ago is now all gone. Warm weather the last couple of days took care of the 8 or so inches of snow we received around the inn in pretty short order. While there is still some snow on the mountain, especially in areas where the resort made snow during the winter, lift serviced skiing and riding for the season at Killington are done, having been suspended last weekend. A few physically fit souls are hiking the mountain to take their turns, but more are starting to flock to the local golf courses to chase "the little white ball".

Todays picture is a tight lie from a round of golf we played yesterday at Green Mountain National Golf Course. I actually escaped having one of these yesterday, but our playing partner, Nina, was not as fortunate. The picture shows where her tee shot landed in front of the par 3 seventh hole at Green Mountain. There is a large retaining wall in front of the green. Somehow, Nina's tee shot managed to nestle in between some of the stones, without ricocheting off the rocks. A true tight lie...

Where ever you may be, keep it in the fairway, and don't forget your sunscreen.