Mt. Snow for Lunch

        It wasn't long before the two brothers were off to lunch. It was Shep's idea. He 

wanted to go down to the Dog Barn, where they knew the owners and tell them 

about the Moose. He wanted Rinny to come off like some kind of big game hunter 

hero of the Green Mountains and just get into being part of it somehow. He'd been 

doing it his whole life and Rinny was well aware of his older brother's intentions and 

simply tolerated it. Anyway, he was hungry and he liked the crowd down there. 

     They got there just before sunset. It was early December and the sky was a 

special Vermont blue, electric in its intensity and exciting in the way it tickled your 

outlook, your interest in life. Not too many days have these qualities in a lifetime. It 

was an invitation to be, and be thankful for life and the joys it brings. The sky became 

darker and darker blue and blue-gray and set like the end of a fine song - quietly, 

     "I'm glad we came down here tonight Shep". You could feel the enthusiasm inside 

and the mood of the mountain resort. "There's girls in there Rinny".