On San Juan Island, the proprietors with whom I dealt were all service conscious. One even offered tips of what to do, how to get there, the best deals, not her business. Tourism is their bread and butter, and they seem to be very conscious of this. I have to think, though, that Friday Harbor started as a weekend getaway community, and still supports that, as the Friday and Sunday ferry traffic is listed as very heavy. Of course, this would be true for tourism, as well as for weekend getaway residents.
I am told that Steve Miller http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Miller_(musician) is said to live on the island, although he is not always in residence.
I have to wonder at the people who ply a trade such as naturalist on a tour boat. I can not see that as being a position with good benefits, unless the tour company is very large. I wonder if Washington State offers group insurance rates to eco-tourism or tourism companies, as part of an incentive to attract good tourist company employees, and retain them. Do these people do other jobs in the off season, or even during the peak season? This might be the kind of work a budding author would do: the influx of new people, comments, ideas would be great, and working on a tourist job 6-10 hours a day, with no stress to go home with might make for a very comfortable and creative life style, from a creative perspective.
This is the kind of job that might allow someone to combine their passion for the outdoors, nature, sailing, teaching, with a vast amount of freedom. I wonder what kind of income it provides.
As we did the whale watch, we saw Baker Mountain http://www.athropolis.com/arctic-facts/fact-baker.htm one of the Cascade Mountains. We were told it holds the record snowfall amount for any mountain. I will have to look up that fact. I know people like to boast of records.
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