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Upcoming Travels: 2023 Edition
As an escape room enthusiast, it's a bit of a sore spot for me to only have played one game ...
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The Carolinas: Day 2
Day two of my trip to North Carolina started with a simple objective- go west as early as possible. I ...
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The Carolinas: Day 1
A day before my trip to Charlotte, I didn't have a plan. I had only just confirmed that Christina (my ...
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United Basic Economy – Ouch!
For the first time in about five years, I returned to North and South Carolina. The trip was amazing- but ...
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Pile of Money + Randomness = Recipe for Frustration
In many ways, it's more difficult to design a big prize treasure hunt than to design a good puzzle. Even ...
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Escape Room Visits
Kansas City, KS: Tick Tock Escape Room – Beasley’s Billions and Pyramid Paradox
May 26, 2018 - After staying overnight just southwest of St. Louis, I started early toward Kansas City, double and ...
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Tigard, OR: Stumptown Escape Games – Oregon Files and Seance
June 9, 2018 - Tigard, Oregon was the last stop on a trip that started in Anchorage, Alaska. This was ...
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Tacoma, WA: Freighthouse Station Escape – HH Holmes
June 8, 2018 - The Celebrity Millennium dumped my family and me off in Vancouver, and after a hike across ...
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St. Louis, MO: St. Louis Escape – Subway
May 25, 2018 - St. Louis Escape looks scary from the outside. You enter through an unadorned staircase adjacent to ...
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Honolulu, HI: Solve the Room Hawaii – The Pirate Ship
August 31, 2018 - Given the turn for the colder around the Chicago area, I thought it'd be appropriate to ...
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Commentary
Travel
Madison and the Dells: Five Unwanted Ducks
August 1, 2020 - After a somewhat uneventful night with a hotel check-in and a cookie, Christina and I had ...
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COVID Tourism – Madison, WI
The times we live in continue to be interesting and unprecedented, and I'm not sure what this weekend is going ...
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Back to Denver Pt 3: Smooth Start, Rough Finish
Back in IL after a final, exciting day in Denver. The day started off wonderfully and ended on a bad ...
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Back to Denver Pt 2: Nightmare at 14,000 Feet
Today’s update is going to be relatively short since I want to get out there and make the most of ...
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Back to Denver, Pt 1
Denver holds a special place in our hearts. It was the first leg of our final segment of the 50 ...
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Mind Games
New Puzzle- Space Fantasy
It's been too long since I wrote a new puzzle, but inspiration struck today with the two-punch speaker event I ...
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Rubik’s: First Solve, Heavily Guided
So... I can follow a tutorial! For the first time ever, I've completed a Rubik's Cube! ...
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Chess: Cautious Optimism
So I may need to rethink my chess goal for the year- after 7 games, I'm 4-1-2 ...
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