Bikes, Tours and Changing Weather

There wasn't much to report from yesterday before starting work at 3 PM except we went to the bike shop to see our new bikes that we will be riding for the first time this morning. They were all assembled and almost ready for pickup except for some work that needed to be done on our bike rack that will be completed today. Our plan is to go to the shop at 11 AM this morning and take a test ride on them to make sure everything is OK and no adjustments need to be made before picking up everything tomorrow, our first day off this week. They look great, although Josie was a bit shocked at the color of hers - she was expecting to see teal, but the actual color is sage which was not what she expected. It still looks good though, and we are anxious to get them.

Work was about the busiest we have been so far. There were two buses that came in and one of them was from a Chinese tour that caused some brief problems for us. Usually, the Tour Director from these buses will come to the front desk, pick up the keys, and go back to the bus to hand them out to the guests as the bus pulls out to park at the designated area in the back of the lodge. The Tour Director for this Chinese tour came into the lobby, along with all the passengers from the bus, and proceeded to hand out all the keys to the guests in the lobby and blocking access to the front desk for all the other guests that were trying to check in. Then, all of the guests walked to their rooms from the lobby, leaving the bus to block the check-in area in front of the lodge, until everybody got settled in his room. There will have to be some changes made in the methods used by this tour company in order to show consideration for other guests.

It figures that since our bikes are about ready that it would begin to rain. This morning is cloudy and raining - lightly - with isolated thunderstorms in the forecast. The same is expected the next couple days so we will just try to make it work. We haven't had much rain since we arrived, so it is welcome anyway. We can use the time at home to schedule activities that need to be completed before the end of June. Our comp tickets for certain activities - horseback riding, rafting, Bar-J western show and complimentary entrees at the best restaurant in town all expire at that time. Since we only have two nights per week to schedule some of those activities, we need to get those scheduled now. We expect to be very busy over the next couple weeks...