“It’s incredible how much stuff you acquire after being in one place for 17 years.” That was my first thought when we started moving from the old location to the new office here in OKC. It took us a full 5 days to move the office and about two weeks to move the shop, but everyone pitched in, and it was an incredible display of teamwork and a fantastic thing to witness. The new building is bright and spacious, and we have a lot of extra room and space to move around in, which is phenomenal.
One of the more challenging aspects of the move was deciding where all that stuff needed to go, along with all the last-minute “punch list” items that still needed to be repaired in the new building. Those items made for a few stressful days, but everyone pulled together, and after 4 weeks, we’re now starting to settle into a daily routine.
The day-to-day operations are essentially the same, except for the new hotel rooms and tour departures. These hotel rooms will be something that will take us some time to fine-tune, but Sonja from the Wichita dispatch office has been a massive help in getting us pointed in the right direction.
Christi Moore, the Tour Operations Manager from Wichita, came down to help with the first tour departure. So, we now have a good idea of what traffic flow will be like and how to manage an active garage, but we’ll need to do a few more tour departures before we’re entirely comfortable with the process.
We’re very excited to be able to continue serving our customers in such a fantastic new facility! Thank you to all the hands who helped with move-in!