You are correct Jerry in your assessment of the weekenders. We're getting down to just a few motels and fishing resorts to have a small percentage of tourists. The majority do drive to an owned cabin. We dont underestimate though their economic shot in the arm. Local economy is pretty fragile. Those folks are much needed.
But getting old I don't like lines and I like the parking spots next to doors, etc. etc. and I like people not in a hurry and with certain friendliness. Changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes. P. S. you know you are part of our town... happy Saturday all. I'm going walleye fishing on the big lake. Can't wait!
The difference in a tourist and a weekender is simply...Someone you know and like is a weekender...
Someone you do not know and may not even care for is a tourist...
Tourists are for me the ones that drive through my yard on 4-wheelers and snowmobiles.... or stop and "hike through" my woods just looking for flowers, butterflies, a place to picnic or whatever.. and the worst offenders are the ones looking to relieve themselves, whether it be one or two...
I wish they would leave their addresses so if I am in their city I could look for flowers, butterflies, a place to picnic or relieve myself if I wanted too..