[jyl]

My ambition has long been to have three careers by the time its over. Some ten years ago, my wife and I thought that owning and running a bed and breakfast in some pretty vacation spot would be a good semi-career during semi-retirement.

You know - not too big a place (3-4 guest rooms maybe?), in a place where you'd like to retire anyway (somewhere coastal, for me), that has a high and low season (so you get some peace and quiet time).

I'm nowhere ready for a third career yet, but still that old idea popped up again this week, as we were hanging out in (unfortunately rainy) coastal Oregon. Whispering "remember me? It's never too early to start thinking about the next step".

So, what do you guys think? Anyone here ever run a B&B or similar business? What's it like?