The 15th Is Coming Fast

On a long work day on Saturday our sweet dog Jamie watched over her people, while unceremoniously being tied to a trailer in back of the shop.

A picture of her lapping up the last of Wendys Chili at lunch time.

Me deep in thought and trying to figure out what to do next.

There's still so much to do and the opening on the 15th is coming up fast!

On Saturday I was a clear-coating fool.

I even clear coated the rock that my neighbor gave to me this summer that she said looked like a potato. 

One of these things will be for sale in the store. 

The rest will be used for decoration on walls and counter.

On Saturday LC built yet one more wall-mounted clothes rack against the wall beside our new door, and also built one more back pack rack.

I did the "monkey jobs".

Quite a few years ago I worked for a city government and I had a female friend who was the Maintenance Director for the city.  When my outdoor pool closed at the end of the summer one year, I only had one pool still open and (since I had down time) asked her if there were any projects that I could help her with.

Partly I asked because she was such a great help to me all summer and I wanted to repay the favor, and partly I asked because I was looking for excuses to work outside in beautiful fall weather.

When I offered to help her she looked at me and said "You don't know how to do anything".

(Gee.....thanks Margie).

I told her to give me jobs that didn't require any technical expertise.  I told her "Give me jobs a monkey could do".

I spent a few weeks painting and pressure washing and tool fetching, and ever since then LC and I have joked about monkey jobs.

At the store he has done the technical jobs and I have done the jobs "a monkey could do"

More and more clothing coming down to the store each day.

We have Patagonia, Columbia, Marmot, Mountain Hard Wear, LL Bean, Cabelas and many other brands.

Still more to bring down, and lots of organizing to do!

We are lucky enough to live only a quarter of a mile from an entrance to BLM land.

There are so many places to hike here in Cody, but this area is one of my favorites because it is a beautiful area and located so close to home.

This picture was taken on a very windy and cold day in late April last year.

I hiked up into the hills with my husband and dog, and we had a great time exploring one hill after another for hours..........

Awesome Day!

Turning half of a garage bay into something that looks welcoming and acceptable as an outdoor gear consignment store is a BIG job.

My husband and I have been sanding and painting and staining and clear coating stuff non-stop for a few weeks now.

The other day I spent the better part of a day cleaning grease and dust and dirt off......well........every surface.

The restroom was totally nasty.  The floor was covered with automotive grease and sawdust.  The white front door was a black front door.

Guess what?  Underneath the dirt was a grey floor.

Tomorrow someone is coming to the store to give me my sale tax license.

Once the wall separating the two halves of the garage bay are up, and once the counter is finished, things will start to go fast , We're still waiting for wall mounted clothes racks to arrive so that I can start laying this place out.  Can't wait!!............

OAR's website address:  http://outdooradventuresrevived.weebly.com/index.html

OAR has plenty of merchandise on hand right now (still stored away in plastic tubs,but that should change soon!) until consignment items start rolling in.

What kinds of gear have we got so far?  Cabela's packs of all sizes.  Other internal and external frame packs of all sizes from day to multi-day packs.  Climbing gear (carabiners, ATCs, figure 8's, climbing helmets, ascenders, harnesses).  Headlamps.  Tops and bottoms for yoga.  Bike shirts.  Bike shorts.  PFD's.  Indoor aerobic clothing (suitable for group exercise classes, spin classes, treadmill running, elliptical workouts etc.).  Swim goggles.  Name brand winter jackets.  Name brand gloves and rain jackets and boots.  Ice skates.  Bike helmets. Water bottles and water jugs.  Base layers. Hiking pants.  Fleece tops (100-300 weight).  Winter hats and baseball caps. Camo hunting jackets and pants.

Some outdoorsy decorative stuff.  Great outdoor pictures. 

Lots more!

So start digging through your closet and garage (and the floorboard of your car!) 'cause we'll be accepting gear for consignment starting November 5.

Late in May 2011 I went for a bike ride on BLM land in back of the house.

My husband and I had only been in Cody for a couple of months and although I had ridden on BLM land before, I wanted to explore outside my comfort zone and looked forward to venturing up into the hills that I could see a few miles in the distance.

It started out as a very cool and sunny day and I had planned on being out for only a couple of hours.

Seven hours later (including missing a trail on the way home and constantly running into the irrigation canal, a scary stare-down with a bull, an exhilarating stare-down with a herd of horses, two flat tires, eating a banana I had dropped in the dirt after remembering the five second rule, and a cactus spine in the butt while crawling with my bike underneath a fence) I made it home.

Awesome day!