HINTS OF SPRING
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GREENING UP THE INN: ENERGY EFFICIENCY
INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF ASTRONOMY
We love stargazing here at the Inn on Mill Creek because it’s so easy to do with very little light pollution. So, we’re very excited to note that 2009 — marking the 400th anniversary of Galileo’s use of the telescope (above) to study the skies — has been designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Astronomy. (Thanks to Mark and Eileen for sharing with us an article from BLDGBLOG about Galloway Forest Park in Scotland announcing its plans to become Europe’s first “dark sky park.” What a great idea!)
NEW STUFF IN OLD FORT
APPLE TREE PRUNING
THE LATEST AT CHIMNEY ROCK
Our friends at Chimney Rock Park have planned out an excellent schedule of guided hikes and other events at the Park for 2009, starting this month.
ONE MONTH ‘TIL VALENTINE’S DAY
WINTER AT BILTMORE
Biltmore Estate is one of those places that you can visit over and over at any time of year and experience something different each time, even in the wintertime. For example, Biltmore’s winter activities include:
JANUARY GEOCACHING
So now that we (read: Brigette) are officially addicted to geocaching, we’ve hidden another geocache along one of the hikes near the Inn. Here’s the winter view from the cache site:
THE INN TURNS 10 AND KIVA
As part of our Inn Turns 10! celebration of the Inn on Mill Creek’s birthday this year, we’re doing all kinds of things connected with the number 10. Soon to be added to our website will be our special Inn Turns 10! page where we detail our different 10s.