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April 6, 2025 Jamie Thingelstad
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Telling Stories with Maps

These days we mostly interact with maps in a singular, digital manner. However, if you want to have a guaranteed way to get a conversation going in a group put a map in front of everyone and shortly the stories will start coming. “I remember when we were here and this thing …

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April 6, 2025 Jamie Thingelstad
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POAP Planing for Minnebar 19

I’m going to distribute a POAP for Minnebar 19! This isn’t official (yet) — but something I’m doing for the community. I’ll have three IYK POAP Discs at the venue for claiming the tokens. This will be simpler and easier to distribute than what I did for Minnebar 17. I’ll also …

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April 5, 2025 Jamie Thingelstad
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Into the Wild

Mazie and I watched Into the Wild tonight. I first saw this in 2008 and read the book a month later. I told Mazie I thought she would like the story and she was game to give it a go. She isn’t much into movies. We both enjoyed watching it and prompted a lot of good discussion. We …

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April 5, 2025 Jamie Thingelstad
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Florida Spring Break: Day 7

  • Up at 7am to head back to Orlando.
  • 7:30a Drive to Orlando
  • Great day at Discovery Cove.
  • Fabulous time in Crazy Train Escape Room.
  • Return car, get to flight.
  • Back to central time.
  • Lyft home.
  • Finally get to sleep at 2:00 am.

Jump to day 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 or see collection.

Google Maps route from 103 Palmer Street near St Augustine south to Orlando along I-95 and I-4, 124 miles, 2 hours 9 minutes
April 5, 2025 Jamie Thingelstad
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Roundabout flight plan from MCO to MSP to avoid storms.

In-flight map showing a curved route from MCO Orlando northwest past New Orleans and Dallas up to MSP Minneapolis, with 9 minutes shown on screen.
April 4, 2025 Jamie Thingelstad

Crazy Train Escape Room

Our final thing before leaving Florida and heading home was to visit Doldrick’s Escape Room and do their Crazy Train: The Ballad Of Skeemin’ Plotz escape room. Tammy saw this room was rated 61 in the world by the Top Escape Rooms Project in 2024 so we had to check it out! It was …

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April 3, 2025 Jamie Thingelstad
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Florida Spring Break: Day 6

Tammy and Mazie go for run around St. Augustine. Warm and humid morning. Jamie and Tyler hang out at Airbnb. Head to Blue Hen Cafe for breakfast. Chocolate tour at Whetstone Chocolates. Explore downtown St. Augustine and visit tons of shops. Explore Fort near downtown. Great …

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April 3, 2025 Jamie Thingelstad
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Cool to see the Apple Sports app just got support for F1! 🏁 This app is how I connect to almost all sports I care about now.

April 3, 2025 Jamie Thingelstad
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This Airbnb in St. Augustine has a great vibe. The tiny pool is actually a “cool tub” with a chiller for the hot summers.

Open-plan living space with surfboard wall decor, blue sofa, dining table, kitchen bar stools, and backyard visible through sliding doors. Rectangular pool with blue water on a stone paver patio, surrounded by lounge chairs, umbrellas, a dining table, and a giant Connect Four game, enclosed by a white fence with large oak trees overhead.
April 3, 2025 Jamie Thingelstad
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I remember 10-year-old me being envious of the cool Pinewood Derby cars my cousins Josh and Jarvis had made in Scouts. “It’s strange the stuff we remember” — indeed.

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