Flowers on the bridge on hole 6 at Green Mountain National Golf Course.

Flowers on the bridge on hole 6 at Green Mountain National Golf Course.

Every year at this time I feel like I should be wearing a tee shirt with some pithy comment on it about Killington in July. For the last 9 months I had been working on the planning activities for last weekends Killington Wine Festival. No matter how much planning takes place, June and early July are crunch time for me leading up to the event. But it's done (for this year) and I have my "life" back for a few months, so to speak.

Along that note, I actually had the chance to play golf 3 days in a row. Sunday was the closing event for the Wine Festival, "Wine and Nine". Monday I played my first round in Green Mountain Nationals Presidents Cup (I beat my opponent 4 and 2). And Tuesday I had a chance for a casual round with friends.

Green Mountain National is in fantastic shape. The course has dried out nicely from the spring rains. The preparation for last months AJGA tournament kept the greens keepers on their toes to really manicure the course. Now that they have got it that way, it is pretty clear that they are determined to keep it that way. With the height of summer in the mix, flowers are in bloom all around the course. And if you hit an errant shot, you might still be able to find some wild blackberries in the woods, that is of course assuming the wild life in the Green Mountain National Forest around the course have not picked the berry bushes clean.

In addition to golf, Killington this coming weekend hosts the Eastern Cup Mountain Biking Competition with a series of downhill mountain bike races. The "Cooler in the Mountain" Concert series, after a great opening concert by Sean Kelly at the Wine Festival, continues this weekend with Ilo Ferreira, a Jimmy Buffet Protege and Barefoot Truth. The concert starts at 3:30 on Saturday. I have included links to their web sites. Check out some of their music.... It should be a great concert.

Where ever you may find yourself, stay cool, keep it in the fairway, and don't forget your sunscreen.