Flexibility

This last week and weekend were all about flexibility within the recreation industry. After the heavy snow that Prescott received a few weeks back, the freezing of the melted snow during the night time hours have caused havoc around camp. We have had several busted water pipes which have required the full attention of our hard working maintenance crew; however, since they were consumed by these issues the rest of the staff was tasked with other duties such as stocking firewood and preparing cabins for our guest groups.

Also, this weekend we were forced to close down our zipline section of the rock climbing wall because of the amount of snow and ice that was around the area. We did this because of safety precautions; however, in doing this we observed that many of the customers were displeased with the cancellation of the zipline. Being flexible also took on more meaning, on Saturday, as we cleaned several cabins around the camp in order to get it ready for a new guest group that was coming in to the facilities.

It was very difficult to be flexible with how the weather affects our jobs on a daily basis because when you are tasked with so many other things to do it makes the other spontaneous tasks more difficult manage. I am a very detail, planning, scheduling type of person and when there are times when flexibility is needed that is when I grow the most because I do something that is out of my normal comfort zone and expand my willingness to serve.