Summer is almost here (even though we had a snow flurry this evening)! Summer residents are returning, to the delight of all of us who have been missing them. Some mountain areas, those with ski resorts, increase in population during the winter. We're a bit far from the slopes to get the winter visitors, but during the summer, many friends return from Arizona, Oklahoma, Texas and other places where summers are way too hot. Restaurants start opening for extended hours, which benefits all of us! And soon the summer weekend events will begin (see the list to the left). Hooray for summer in the High Country!