Planning First Hike

Our main focus the last couple days, aside from working and getting bikes on order, has been to figure out where to go for our first hike this year. We want to go somewhere we haven't been, and at the same time, we don't want to do a strenuous hike for our first one this year.

It looks like we will settle on the hike through Garnet Canyon, which is not too far into the park and can be as long as you would like it to be. It is also a hike that should take us by some wildflowers that will be at, or near their peak for this time of year. The description of the hike seems strenuous, but we expect to take only the front part of the hike and not the strenuous climb portion. The only thing we need to resolve at this point is whether to do the hike on Thursday or Friday. It looks like there will be a chance for thunderstorms both days, so it is a toss-up.

Our work day yesterday was again with Donna and the time really flies when we work with her as she is very talkative and fun to be with. There were more walk-ins (17) than reservations (12) last night and we had the usual tour bus from Caravan Tours. We believe that the business will increase rapidly as June goes on and kids get out of school. One concern we have is that the Caravan Tour company has removed the Bar-J (western show) activity from their tour schedule because some folks complained that they got back to the hotel too late for their early departure the next morning. That creates more work for us at the front desk as now the tour folks need us to get cabs, restaurant reservations for dinner, directions to town activities and other assistance that we didn't have to provide last year while they all went to the Bar-J show.

We have a staff meeting today at 1 PM so we need to stick close to home so we aren't late for the meeting. It is the first and only meeting that we will have and is difficult to schedule for our management since there needs to be someone at the front desk all the time. We'll see how that goes...