Travel

Another weekend, another whirlwind trip.  This one started by heading from home to O’Hare Airport, Chicago, at 3:30 AM Saturday morning.  Tonight, technically early tomorrow, I catch the 12:30 AM flight from Phoenix and arrive home at 6:30 AM Monday, just in time to get to work.  In between, I’m visiting Tucson, AZ and Las Cruces, NM.  Busy weekend, but well worth it!

Well… That was an adventure.  I booked a flight to New York City and a flight back from Washington DC with not a detail planned in between.  Somehow, it all worked out.  I had a lot of fun, with tons of surprises along the way.  I’ll be making separate posts regarding the escape rooms I solved in each city; for now this is just a summary of how I got around.

I’ve been quiet for a few days, but not for a lack of activity!  Quite the opposite actually- been running hard these last few days tackling the east coast with no car and only a vague plan.  It’s been successful so far, with a ton of pleasant surprises along the way.

June 1, 2018 (Flashback) – After departing Anchorage, I watched the Alaskan scenery on a bus ride to the cruise port in Seward.  No mountain goats but one moose and plenty of avian wildlife.  After a shockingly short check-in process (no lines!), it was all aboard and bon voyage.  And to my great surprise, my ship, the Celebrity Millennium, was not without puzzles of its own!

I’ve got a lot of material to go back and sort through in 2018, and I’ll take it piece by piece.  I started with a few escape rooms in Illinois before going on the following trips.  Also note that I’ve gone to Wisconsin a few times, but I’m going to group those stories together in recap.