Escape Game: Timeliner
We went to The Escape Game in Nashville and did the Timeliner: Train Through Time room. We did it with another family, a dad and three boys. The room was really cool and definitely hard enough, but not too hard. I’d like to say that we finished it but they gave us a bit of buffer time to get the door open, so technically I would say we did not. But we still had a great time doing it. Room 41!
We visited the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. It was really cool to see so much history. The exhibits were fabulous as well. And some exceptionally wild outfits, cars, and stories.
We stopped into Goo Goo Chocolate and took the Taste of Goo Goo class where we all got to make our own Goo Goo Cluster by hand. I didn’t know any of the history of Goo Goo Clusters but they were the very first candy with more than one ingredient! The first candy bar!
Spotted the Nashville Party Wagon! 🚜
Ryman Auditorium
We visited the Ryman Auditorium and saw the birthplace of country and bluegrass music. It seems fitting that the Ryman was originally built as a tabernacle, because walking around it and thinking of all the amazing performances that have been there felt nearly spiritual. 🎶
Delightful cappuccino at Drug Store Coffee in the Noelle Hotel in downtown Nashville. ☕️
We’re in Nashville so of course we should go to the Wildhorse Saloon and learn how to do the Boot Scoot ’n Shuffle! We all took their complimentary class together and were scootin’ and shufflin’ with the best of them. Mazie was a natural!
Space Camp
We had a fun weekend at Family Space Camp! 🚀 Our program included runs in the Multi Axis Trainer, the 5D weightlessness trainer. We ran an entire simulation of a Space Shuttle mission where Tyler was EECOM, Mazie PAYCOM, Tammy CAPCOM, and I was FDO. I got to do the countdown to launch. 🤩 We got to see an incredibly impressive planetarium showing as well as a great IMAX experience on the International Space Station. We also learned a bunch about NASA’s Artemis program. And the whole time we got to see a real Saturn V and Saturn IB rocket, as well as a capsule that went into space and a moon rock. And we got great astronaut suits.
Thingelstad Family is ready for our mission! 🚀
I asked everyone to give me a “stoic” look for the picture. 😊
Mazie did the Multi-Axis Trainer at Space Camp today. She reported it was fun and did not feel dizzy at the end.
Selfie with Saturn V rocket at Davidson Center in U.S. Space & Rocket Center.
Flying to Nashville, TN tonight! 🛫 First time in an airport since March 13 2020!
We had our #TeamSPS St. Patrick’s Day celebration for the first time since 2019! Something green, some Guinness, and we even had some Hurling! 🍀
Tammy made our traditional Pi Day dinner: homemade Chicken Pot Pie and Peanut Butter Pie! 🥧
See Pi Day Collection.
We had a great Pi Day celebration for #TeamSPS. Somehow I managed to take pictures of the setup and forgot to take more when the people showed up!
See Pi Day Collection.
I made the leap today — got a Leica Q2. We have a number of trips this year, and will be getting a lot of shots with this.
Went through all my photography gear and filtered out the stuff I no longer need or don’t use. National Camera took it all off my hands for a good price.
I’ve been using Telegram recently to stay in contact with folks in Ukraine. I decided to create a channel for thingelstad.com and a channel for the Weekly Thing. If you like getting things in Telegram, there you go.
Update: I deleted these channels after a few months as they didn’t prove valuable.
Tammy’s grandparent’s cuckoo clock is ticking again at our cabin thanks to Blackstone Manor Clock Repair.