15 Smiles on the Erie Canal

We had planned for weeks to have a team celebration. Why celebrate? There are so many good reasons for Archer to celebrate. Here’s three:

• New people joined Archer in the past several months, and it was a good way to have a partial “team day”.
• The success of the Cornhill Arts Festival was the culmination of months of work for everyone, particularly Elaine and Ty.
• It’s summer.  (if you live in Rochester you have to celebrate summer!)

So we made our plan- spent the afternoon on the Mary Jemison, with a guided tour of the Genesee River and ErieCanal. We cleared the calendar for July 29^th, and everyone was looking forward to it… until the 29^thgreeted us with grey skies, rain, and cool temps; not the kind of day you want to spend on a boat, right?  We talked about other team day activities, but in the end, we all really wanted to go on the boat ride. The weather broke a little, and we took a chance! Thankfully, the rain held out for all but a few minutes of our ride, and we had a great afternoon.  Just look at the smiles! Clearly the Archer team is more than just co-workers. We’re friends,who laugh together and smile a lot.  It’s an important part of our company culture- it’s part of what makes us unique.  Our team is young and “less young”, humorous, quick-witted and sometimes sassy—in other words—FUN.  It’s one of the things I like best about my job. As the weather gets colder and the days get shorter, I’ll look back on our boat trip and smile. I didn’t need the sun and blue skies to make the day memorable, just some great smiles.