I must have gotten old but the prospect of working in a kitchen with (I'm assuming) no good benefits...if any at all...does not sound too dreamy to me.
I'd rather save for a year or two and take a year long leave of absence and travel the world heliskiing or something
Right on KoLLac, you must be old. you're right, there are NO benefits to living at Alf's, except lots and lots of chili. have fun flying around in a helicopter, that sounds real reasonable.
Everything in Ian's story makes sense to me, an older ski bum back in 1979, before College. A year that will never leave me. What great people, snow and the experience, was one of the best in my life.