It's a strange vibe out there. On the surface there's a return to whatever passes for normal these days. People are out and about...squinting into a sun they haven't seen in over a year. Restrictions are being eased or eliminated altogether. Restaurants and bars are filled up. The weather is turning....well sort of......this is NEPA after all (..where a guy I know shoveled snow one day, opened his pool the next, and then had his roof blown off on day three). We no longer have the highways to ourselves. Road construction is everywhere. Walkers are walking and runners are running and shoppers are shopping and vacationers are vacationing. The Railriders are coming back to the mountain, and I've never looked more forward to drinking an $8 beer in my life.