A one-of-a-kind jacket that is on consignment at the store. It is covered with balloon festival patches (front and back) from all over the United States, as well as some interesting bungee jumping patches from New Zealand.
OAR WILL BE CLOSING ITS DOORS FOR GOOD!
OUR LAST DAY WILL BE FRIDAY JULY 26
We have been renting a small house ever since we arrived in Wyoming, and a while back decided that we wanted to buy a home here.
Only here (in Cody) homes are just too expensive for us to afford.
After a lot of searching in other area towns, we realized a couple of things:
1. Homes were cheaper but were still priced higher than what we wanted to pay (especially considering the condition of some of the homes we took a look at).
2. Too far from Cody and we would have to relocate the store, because commuting would not be a reasonable option.
With those two things in mind we reluctantly decided to begin a search over in Idaho.
After two trips over there, we found what we were looking for, at the price we could afford.
We received word yesterday afternoon that everything was finalized and approved, and we are signing the papers this coming Monday.
Which brings us back to OAR.
They say that if you can, do what you love.
We LOVED this store. The gear we found. The gear that came in. The people we met and the stories they shared with us.
Emotionally, closing the store was a tough decision for us, because we had just started growing something good here in Cody.
But we have no family or other ties in Cody, and financially there WAS no decision to be made. That decision pretty much made itself.
We bought a home in Idaho for less than a quarter of what it would have cost us here.
Owning a business is a numbers game. And so is making a decision to buy a home..
SOME THINGS EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW
*Effective immediately we will no longer be accepting outdoor gear on consignment
*Over the next 24 hours we will be contacting all of our consignors directly so that they know we are closing, what our last day will be, and we will make arrangements to get all of their unsold gear back to them on or before the 26th.
*We will continue to have normal operating hours (Tues-Sat 9am-5pm) until the end of business on the 26th. We still have a LOT of gear available for sale.
*We will continue to post on our Facebook page until the day we close - posting pictures of great gear and clothing we have at OAR.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS VISITED THE STORE, BROUGHT IN GEAR FOR CONSIGNMENT, BOUGHT GEAR AND CLOTHING, AND SHARED STORIES AND CONVERSATION WITH US OVER THESE PAST EIGHT MONTHS. IT HAS BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO GET TO KNOW ALL OF YOU
