Our neighbors at Heber Valley Camp opened the snowmobile gate today. Please stay between the trail markers when you ride through their property. They allow us to access the National Forest through their property, conditional on our not trespassing outside the trail markers. Also, you must have a current year Timber Lakes snowmobile sticker for each machine you are using. The office will be closed between Christmas and New Year’s Day so get your stickers now. We have approximately 15 inches of snow on the ground up on top and our road crew is doing an outstanding job of plowing the roads. If you come to snowmobile, please remember these things:

1. You must have a current Timber Lakes snowmobile sticker
2. Do NOT try to pull a trailer up or down Blue Spruce. It is too slick and you will endanger other drivers.
3. The only parking in Timber Lakes is in your own driveway, in the parking lot by the office, and at Duck Lake. If you are parked anywhere else, your vehicle will be towed. We have towed vehicles every weekend since the snow came. Do yourself a favor and don’t park on the road.
4. Once the parking areas are full, you must park somewhere legal in Heber Valley.
5. Please do not try to drive in Timber Lakes in a 2-wheel drive vehicle when the roads are snow packed or icy.

I know this may sound like the Grinch is running the show here. Let me take this opportunity to thank the vast majority of owners who follow the rules and never cause a problem. This is a great place to live and/or recreate. Thanks for making it fun to be here, sharing the mountain.

John Blickenstaff

We thank everyone who suggested a slogan for Timber Lakes. Some were pretty funny and we thank you for your humor. All the suggestions were appreciated. Here are your finalists:

• Timber Lakes - Above It All
• Timber Lakes - Four Seasons of Splendor
• Timber Lakes - Minutes Away. A World Apart.
• Timber Lakes - Welcome Home

Click on my name to send an email with your final selection.

John Blickenstaff

As of Wednesday, December 10, 2008, we have received approval forms from the owners of 1,006 lots. We are still 24 approvals short of being able to proceed with this project. We continue to call owners from whom we have not heard. Some of you have been helping by contacting your friends and neighbors. Please contact anyone else you know who owns property in Timber Lakes and remind them of the importance of the Fire Station to our subdivision. If we haven’t heard from you, please send your approval form in today. This is very important and we request your quick response in getting it to the next stage. Please contact John Blickenstaff, Ole Smith or Mike Durr if you have questions.

Effective today we have closed the roads to heavy vehicles for the winter. The ground is beginning to freeze in many areas. This morning the roads were icy, very slick and and dangerous. For the remainder of the winter, we will not allow construction vehicles larger than a pickup to enter the subdivision. It required so much of our time to consider all the requests for exceptions to the road closing last month that we can no longer take such requests. The roads are closed to heavy traffic until next spring. Please note that your contractor can still come in with a pickup, weather permitting. However, pickups without chains endanger everyone else on the mountain on icy days. Please ask your contractor to follow the rules.

Gary Hume
The Road Guy