From: https://patch.com/colorado/across-co/national-parks-colorado-free-entrance-day-coming-soon The National Park Service offers free days at parks that normally charge entrance fees. See when fees will be waived at Colorado parks. By Amber Fisher, Patch Staff Jan 14, 2020 1:52 pm MT Reply Martin Luther King Jr. Day isn’t just a federal holiday and day of service — it’s also a chance…
Category: Day-to-Day
Day-to-Day, Holidays
Happy Thanksgiving
by Ron •
Be Thankful Customer service can be amazing. Sure, we encounter more than our fair share of challenges (and challenging customers!), but we also get to do a lot of good. We get to help people. Impact their lives. Make their days a little better or easier. That’s pretty awesome. We also get to meet a…
Day-to-Day, Policies, Training
New Procedure!
by Ron •
We have a new procedure for selling to visitors that have association, conservancy, or friends group memberships. When a visitor tells you that they “have a membership with “such and such” association… do you give a discount?” We now have an easier way to handle that transaction. Simply ask what the name of the organization…
Day-to-Day, Local Events
Please Vote!
by Ron •
No matter what (or who) might be on the ballot… please make sure you are registered to vote and then do it! In Uintah County, Utah, the vote is by mail again. You should have received a ballot in the mail by now. Please open it up, study the issue a little bit, fill out…
Day-to-Day, Schedules
Changing Seasons & Hours
by Ron •
October 16, 2019 Halfway through October, more seasonal hours are changing at various locations: Dinosaur National Monument went to reduced hours as of September 16th, with the Quarry Visitor Center and Quarry Exhibit Hall hours: 9-5. The Canyon Visitor Center near Dinosaur, Colorado is closed for the season. Fossil Butte National Monument is on winter…
Day-to-Day, Inventory, Training
Daily Duties!
by Ron •
In order to attempt to improve daily store stocking and ordering, we want to concentrate on the following. At the beginning of your shift, as quick as the register and the money are ready for visitors, all attention should be focused on the storeroom–as soon as practical. Everything should be gone through in the storeroom…
Day-to-Day
Happy Autumnal Equinox!
by Ron •
https://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/autumnal-equinox.html Equinoxes are opposite on either side of the equator, so the autumnal (fall) equinox in the Northern Hemisphere is the spring (vernal) equinox in the Southern Hemisphere and vice versa. Not Entirely Equal Day & Night On the two equinoxes every year the Sun shines directly on the Equator and the length of day and night…
Day-to-Day, Inventory
Why Am I Scheduled 15 Minutes Before & After the Hour?
by Ron •
Being in the bookstore 15 minutes before opening is obvious–get the store ready, get the money in the drawer, turn on the lights–do everything to get ready for visitors to come in the door so you can help them. But why does the schedule have me down for 15 minutes after the hour… or after…
Day-to-Day, Inventory, Training
New (old) Book on the Shelves!
by Ron •
This Is Dinosaur was originally written in 1955… reprinted in 1985 with a foreword written by Wallace Stegner… and republished in 2019 with a new foreword added by Terry Tempest Williams. Folks have been asking for this for the last twenty years and, being out of print, have had a difficult time finding any copies.…
Day-to-Day
New Sales Location
by Ron •
On Thursday, August 15, 2019, Richard and Ron opened a new sales outlet in Logan, Utah! We are very pleased to announce our new partnership with the Logan Ranger District in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest. They have a beautiful space and a very, very helpful and friendly staff. We have started kinda late in the…