I’ve seen more and more escape rooms advertising that they offer only private experiences. While in general this is a nice perk, I have to admit I have conflicted feelings about it. While some of my worst experiences have been getting dumped in with other groups, I’ve also got a lot of great memories from this kind of arrangement.
I had heard legends of the escape rooms in Louisiana. The first mention I encountered was in St. Louis about three years ago. After solving an escape room with a pretty neat design, the owner mentioned that the only rooms cooler than his were in Louisiana.
Escape rooms are pretty much everywhere now, as proven when Christina and I found one only a two minute walk away from the Cayman Islands cruise terminal – Locked Inn. I had known about this business ahead of time, but it was still surprising to see how close and accessible it was.
For a while before my wedding, nearly all my time was dedicated to getting the wedding arrangements in order. Christina and I still had some adventures, but time was minimal for doing pretty much anything else. It was a huge shift to spend more than a week “taking it easy.”
No, I haven’t vanished without a trace. The past few weeks have been very busy wrapping up Christina’s and my wedding plans, and now we’re only two days out.
There’s never been a better time to be a fan of puzzles. Escape rooms are the most obvious recent development, but the worldwide enthusiasm for puzzles didn’t stop there. One of my favorite new developments is the online puzzle challenge.
As someone who keeps track of how many escape rooms I’ve done, I’ve got a predicament of what counts toward that total.
September 5, 2019 – I’ve got a new record for closest margin of victory in an escape room. I’ve had some close calls before, some where we needed to double check that we actually won. At Thrifty Pirate in Hurst, TX, the opening of the final lock and the sound of the buzzer telling us time ran out were borderline simultaneous. It was thrilling to get the win and close out the trip 3-0.
Escape room. Local attraction (Reunion Tower). Geocache. Forest preserve. Tex Mex. Barbecue. I’m just reaching the end of day 1 in Dallas and I’ve already packed in most of the necessities I was shooting for.
Escape room? Check. Geocaches? Check. Regional attractions? Check. Looks like it was a typical three day weekend for Christina and me.
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