Dec 18, 2016

We woke up earlier than planned, but it was nice to just lie around for a while in bed and not have anything to do right away. We got up and cooked a tofu scramble and sweet potatoes. It was delicious. We watched another episode of Planet Earth while we ate which just made me want to travel more and learn how to do the ridiculous camera work they do.

We decided to go for a run because it was super warm out. We parked near my house and ran down the trail near the river. We went out and back and I was loving it, but Becca started to feel lightheaded so we stopped about halfway through the planned run. It was still nice to get out there. On our walk back there was a guy on the trail who pointed our attention to two giant bald eagles on a tree across the water. They were beautiful! I went and grabbed my camera and managed to catch a few shots of them despite not having an empty memory card or a tripod easily accessible.

We had to go get ready and go up to Cherry Hill for the Escape Room. Ryan, Shannon, Chuck, Alex, Tracy, Christie, and Becca's friend Jennell met us there. We chose The Illusionist as our theme, so it was a magician's room with tricks and cards all around. It was fun, but it wasn't nearly as interesting as the one we did last year. We didn't manage to escape, but we all agreed it was a little bit bullshit. There was one clue that we understood totally and we kept trying it without it working. They gave us the answer, but it didn't make sense. Anyway, we moved on, but it seemed like we couldn't split up and do things; we had to all work on one thing, which felt like a waste and poorly planned.

We went to Iron Hill Brewery after the game and sat at a long table in the bar. Becca and I got a flight that included a tart sour that was aged for 6 years. It was a surprise, and it was really good. I got a hummus and veggie wrap and stole some of Becca's fries. It was fun to hang out for a while when we weren't searching for clues and also to complain about the couple of things that didn't really make sense at the room.

Becca and I headed off to Whole Foods and Trader Joe's for ingredients for upcoming meals this week as well as some trip snacks for next week. We stopped at REI so Becca could look for new hiking boots and we could both look at day packs. I really do need to get one. My old high school bag isn't cutting it anymore. I'm tempted to just wait and hope I can make it to the REI Garage Sale on New Year's Eve. It was getting late (or it felt late) so we ended the shopping there and went home. After hanging out for a little while I decided to come home and call it a night to attempt getting more than six hours of sleep.