Sunday, Sept 28 — Keith has not enjoyed the activities that we’ve done over the last few days, so we decided to make it up to him by letting him pick an activity that he thought would be fun. When we’d asked a local for suggestions, one of the things he’d mentioned was an escape room called Beat The Bomb. Keith thought that sounded fun, so we booked a reservation for today at noon. It was meant for groups of 4 – 6 people and cost $50 per person. However, they will allow groups of 3, but it actually cost more for three people than it did for four!

Beat The Bomb was about two miles northwest of the Capitol. From where we were, getting there via public transit would have involved taking the Metro and then transferring to a bus. It was slower and more complicated than we wanted to deal with, so we took a ride share.

When we walked in, we were directed to some kiosks to check in and sign release forms. Once we’d finished the check-in paperwork, we were told to wait in the lounge until we were called, and encouraged to purchase drinks and food from the bar.

The black partitions off to the side looked like virtual game areas. A television screen was playing a live feed of the groups that were currently in the escape rooms. The rooms were solid black and they were moving in strange ways. They looked pretty darn silly.