I see a subtle shift here to silent sports, nature friendly low cost resorts.  Resorts that feature low cost cabins and campsites and access to running, skiing, biking, hiking, kayaking, showshoeing and good old fashioned summer camp type fun that baby boomers fondly remember from childhood..  at traditional summer camps and resorts.

People even want them to follow the classic Adirondack camp, or rather the northern Wisconsin version of it, smaller, more efficient design of lodges and cabins with large screened, windowed in winter porches, and small warm living quarters.

Made green with all the renewables applied this becomes a test site so people can experience solar powered living for a week or two before they invest in ot for their own homes.  Plus it's a GHG offsetting vacation, close to home.

State development agencies are getting behind this extra green tourism with rulings encouraging composting toilets (reducing prohibitive costs for small resorts) for one very important green initiative.  They are using them in state facilities, a good model for rolling out renewables.

Green tourism puts jobs here in the local economy, instead of sending cash to oil companies and off road vehicle manufacturers.  We'll use our own built in motors, thank you.  Silently.  

Then when 20 wild turkeys suddenly take flight, you will hear it.   Or when three grouse jump up from under the snow in front of you.  That's a church service, there's your spiritual connection.  Auuum.  

http://amazngdrx.blogharbor.com/blog John Schneider, Northern Wisconsin