She bounded across the river and disappeared in the heavy growth. A couple of weeks later I ran into Ray. Apparently someone had come into the store and asked who the guy was who had muscled a large deer across the river. Ray gave the guy my name. You could send in your 20 dollars to register your new business name with the State, tell a few friends and neighbors about your service or product and sit back and watch the orders pile up.
Reality is a cruel teacher.
Over six years ago a group of outdoors men and women started meeting to talk about the need for an organization dedicated to the support and promotion of professional guide services. The reasoning was that the extra money from the sales of trips would help support the work of the association. After four years of starts and stalls, we were providing information for over 300,000 visitor days to Vermont annually and growing, but still not strong enough to stand on our own. The for profit status was a hard sell to the State and to some of the guide services. Back at the drawing board, we were lucky enough to get input from guides and professionals from all segments of business.