Texas- Escape Rooms

     The original reason I decided to go to Texas was I found out I could do an escape room on the USS Lexington. I think some people think I am joking when I say I went to Texas because I found out I can do an escape room on a ship, but it's true. There were 3 different rooms to choose from, all of them sounded intense in one way or another, but we ended up choosing the haunted escape room. The list of potential things that could happen, including death, listed on the releases was a little bit off-putting. Though we decided to do it anyway. 

    It turns out the release was extreme CYA (which stands for cover your a$$) because the only way you might even get hurt is by doing something really stupid that you were told not to do. The door was even unlocked the whole time and we could have left whenever we wanted. Though we wanted to get through it and solve it, which is what we did. They took a before photo and the after photo when we finished. In case you can't read it, Travis's sign says "it was all me" which I thought was funny (Travis just hung out with us, he didn't help). 

     I had so much fun in the escape room on the Lexington that I wanted to do another one before we left. And I wanted Peter to do one with us, since he didn't do the one on the Lexington. I really do get a kick out of locking a bunch of smart people in a room together and figuring out how to get out. 

     The second room we did was a Harry Potter themed room in San Antonio. Unlike every other escape room I have been in, this one had no problem with us keeping our phones and taking pictures. So we took lots of pictures. 

     Travis being awesome and clearly, solving everything on his own. 

     The shop windows in Diagon Alley were all color coded and part of the clues we needed to figure out some puzzles It was the beginning and the end of the escape room. I really enjoy multi-room escape rooms. I don't know how we didn't get a picture of Reggie, our owl that would help us out if we got a bit stuck, or with time checks. 

    As a bonus, here is a herd of parking lot deer. They were at the hotel one night when we got back. 

    I think Peter said he counted about 15 of them in total! Adults and babies both. 

     There was a lot that happened when we took our trip to Texas and I am trying to find time to write the posts before I forget the details. More to come!