About Hocking Hills Canoe Livery
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Mission Statement
History
Being
the Best
We are Hocking Hills Canoe Livery. We are proud to serve
you. The owners, staff and friends of Hocking Hills Canoe Livery have
become a family that stretches across the country with a bond built from
working hard, playing hard and being there for each other.
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Hocking Hills Canoe Livery strives to accommodate all levels of
canoeing enthusiasts, catering to large groups as well as giving small
groups, families and couples the chance to enjoy a pleasurable river
experience.
Canoeing and primitive camping are stressed as a way to give back to
nature.
We emphasize the natural environment of the river and promote
responsible use and protection of our resource.
Each customer deserves the best possible trip and service, and we
promise to provide this within reasonable means.
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We started as small operation running with one shuttle van, 32 canoes
and 8 kayaks from the porch of the Logan Antique Mall in the summer of
1996. By July of 1996 we were operating out of our current building (which
has somehow morphed from being a big empty building to one brimming full
of stuff.)
Our very first year we had two employees (Scott, who lasted a few
weeks, and Brad, who finished out the summer with us) who worked along
side the owners (Aaron and Valerie). Even in our first year we worked
diligently to maintain a clean safe environment and provide the best
possible service. This, despite mud, mud, and more mud at our landing and
both of our trips. We spent many an evening pulling our van or our truck
out of the mud, but we had a great time and were happy to be in business.
Skip forward a few years and today we have a staff closer in number to
20, more than 200 boats, a few vans, two buses, a great campground and
camping cabins. Not to mention all the great friends we have collected
along the way, both from our loyal customers and former staff. We still
love what we are doing, we are still happy to be in business, and we still
want everyone to have a great time.
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There's only one way to go when you want to be the best you possibly
can, and that's up. We are so blessed to have been given the opportunity
to grow every year, to make changes here and there, and to continually
strive to be the best we can be.
We take the time to hire the best possible staff -- who we force to be
our family for the summer (and not just because we don't get to see our
family unless they go canoeing). We train our staff to best serve our
customers and we welcome our customers into our extended family.
We think every experience should be exactly the
adventure/entertainment/life experience that our customers wish it to be,
and we work hard to provide that experience. Our ears are always open for
comments, good and bad (we know, things happen that we can't always
control, but we try to learn from our mistakes, as well).
We want to be excellent, to be the best, to be your fondest memory, and
we won't quit until we are. |
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