My first response was 'This has to be satire." Then a double-check because "Well, this is Washington so I'm not totally surprised." I'm not as familiar with Orcas as I am with other islands but having lived on Vashon long enough, I can see this as an altered Washingtonian hippy-chic reality. I'm' sure someone up here has tried it at least once.
Thank goodness my first instinct was right and this is satire.