Getting Mary's Mustang out one more time before winter.

Getting Mary's Mustang out one more time before winter.

If there are any doubts about summer coming to a close at Killington, one only needs to step outside this morning. Temperatures have struggled to reach 55F under a lead colored overcast sky. Folage colors are continuing to progress. The cool temperatures combined with the absence of sunshine will help move the process along.

Other signs that summer has come to an end at the Birch Ridge Inn are also readily apparant. Today is the ceremonial moving day for Mary's Mustang to swich from it's summer garage to a winter resting place. While we do not get a chance to take it for a spin through the Vermont country side as much as we would like, it is always a little bitter sweet to see it get put into the winter garage at the end of the summer. On the plus side, it is a sure sign that winter is approaching. And since we live at a ski resort, that can only be seen as a good thing. On the negative side, it means that summer is coming to a close. We can oly hope that the twig season between the time the fall foliage drops in 3 or so weeks and the time of the first snow is a short one.

Congratulations Deb Butler, Winner of the 2015 Birch Ridge Cup.

Another sign that summer will be coming to an end soon was last nights completion of the Birch Ridge Cup competition at Green Mountain National Golf Course. All summer long, Birch Ridge has been sponsoring a "FedEx Cup" style competition at the Thursday night scramble at the golf course.

Congratulations go out to Deb Butler, the 2015 Birch Ridge Cup Champion. Deb outpaced the field in collection Birch Ridge Cup points. She also has had perfect attendance every Thursday night over the summer season. To celebrate her victory, Deb will be host to 25 of her friends as guests at the Birch Ridge Inn for a Birch Ridge Cup cocktail party. Congratulations Deb.

Congratulations also go out to Joe Havelka who came in second in the Birch Ridge Cup standings, and Bob Butner who came in 3rd. Both Joe and Bob won gift certificates for dinner at Birch Ridge.

This weekend should see the coming out of good fall foliage color just to the north of Killington on the Route 100 corridor. Over the next couple of weeks, the colors will progress thru the area, culminating in peak fall colors in early October. Now is the time to finalize your plans for your 2015 Vermont Foliage trip. We hope you can get away for a few days and come to Vermont to enjoys Mother Nature's fall show.

Wherever you may be this weekend... hit them straight... keep it in the fairway... and don't forget your sunscreen.