Our weather has changed from spring-like to more typically January blizzard. Windy and snowing tonight and the temperature is slipping downward rapidly. This means there will be a slowdown of water running into the lake and, hopefully, the "rubber dam" will operate as advertised and keep the level within reasonable limits. So far it's been pretty good - water is high, but not flooding as it has done in the past.

Skiing has been ruined, but with six to twelve inches of snow coming tonight and tomorrow, it should be great - perhaps even saving the day so at least the end of the long weekend could offer some really good snow at Burke Mountain and surrounding ski areas. In case you haven't heard, there are new owners at Burke ski area and it looks as if it may develop into a real "destination ski area" after all these years. Burke has always been a great place to ski - at least the locals have always thought so. It never seemed to quite catch on and become another Stowe or Jay Peak or Killington. Lots of people are hoping this is the turn-around for the area, at long last. What Burke and the Northeast Kingdom in general need is passenger rail service reinstated from Boston and Montreal to make it easy for vacationing skiers to get here from there!