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You Call This a Strategy?!!!

By pack_admin | Backpacking, Family Business, It's About the Journey | 1 comment | 3 August, 2007 | 0

Lately I have been making lots of appointments with reps for the upcoming Outdoor Retailer trade show that we attend twice a year. Reps will call and invariably the conversation turns towards business. “How are things going?”, “Are your sales up?”, “Do you have any new directions that you are driving the business in?”. ThenRead more

The Archaeology of Remodeling

By pack_admin | Family Business, Hiking, It's About the Journey, Past Events & Trips | Comments are Closed | 30 June, 2007 | 0

  The new space at Pack & Paddle has had several lives, and as we progress in the de-construction phase, we’ve been able to see each life kind of like an archaeologist would see a past civilization. The most noticeable thing you’ll see right now is the large airbrushed mural on the wall that wasRead more

Windows and Doors

By pack_admin | Family Business, Hiking, It's About the Journey, Past Events & Trips | Comments are Closed | 22 June, 2007 | 0

Seems like I’ve heard a story about windows and doors that had] an inspirational message somewhere before. Since I don’t remember it, I guess that’s a little off the point. But – I do have a neat story about how an old set of windows brought us together with a really cool person. We’ve knownRead more

Getting Started

By pack_admin | Backpacking, Family Business, Hiking, It's About the Journey, Past Events & Trips | Comments are Closed | 21 June, 2007 | 0

We’ve been working on this project for what seems like forever, and we are only just now getting ready to start building new stuff. Here’s some of the things we’ve been doing so far: Working with our architect, Scott Shall Tearing down 3 of the old decks in the room. Removing the tin from theRead more

It’s So Fun to Buy Something New

By pack_admin | Backpacking, Family Business, Hiking, It's About the Journey, Past Events & Trips | Comments are Closed | 20 June, 2007 | 0

Yesterday a father and son were in the shop looking at a backpack. I have to tell you: I love being part of this interaction and the experience of them purchasing the son’s first pack. The dad is proud to be passing on backpacking (something that’s been a part of his life) and the sonRead more

Change Is Difficult

By pack_admin | Backpacking, Family Business, Hiking, It's About the Journey, Past Events & Trips | 1 comment | 19 June, 2007 | 0

Change is difficult. We all know it, but somehow nobody ever likes going through the process of change. As they say, things get worse before they get better. In case you haven’t noticed, we’re in the midst of some change at Pack & Paddle. It’s been 20 years since the last major construction project atRead more

Whooping It Up

By pack_admin | Backpacking, Family Business, Hiking, It's About the Journey, Past Events & Trips | Comments are Closed | 9 May, 2007 | 0

This weekend reminded me of why I love my job. Becky, Loren and I led our Waterfall Hike with 15 hardy souls in tow. We had decided to take the longer “Primitive Trail” so that we could see the maximum number of waterfalls. If you haven’t been there, the Primitive Trail is pretty challenging. IRead more

Bicycling the Natchez Trace

By pack_admin | Backpacking, Family Business, Hiking, It's About the Journey, Past Events & Trips | Comments are Closed | 9 April, 2007 | 0

March 30-April 8As usual, our little vacation became kind of epic. This started out to be a cycling trip Becky was going to take with a friend. They would ride a 500 mile route up the Natchez Trace from Natchez to Nashville. When the friend bowed out, I was really excited and schemed my wayRead more

Savin' Gas

By packpadfresh | Backpacking, Family Business, Hiking, It's About the Journey, Past Events & Trips | 1 comment | 28 March, 2007 | 0

Becky and I have saved 33 gallons of gas over the last 5 months by commuting on our bikes to work here at P&P. I was lying in bed thinking about this dismal fact last night. Was it worth it to sweat, freeze, get rained on and honked at – all to save 80 bucksRead more

Our Anniversary

By pack_admin | Backpacking, Family Business, Hiking, It's About the Journey, Past Events & Trips | Comments are Closed | 15 March, 2007 | 0

Actually, this is one day AFTER our year anniversary of hiking north from Springer Mtn Georgia. Tonight, we presented our finished AT slideshow to a wonderful group of around 30 people. I was so pleased that this many folks turned out to hear about our adventure. I spent hours trying to get just the rightRead more

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