The Surprise!

We got up Saturday morning and we were ready as directed to depart for the "Surprise" location at 11  AM.   After about a 30 minute drive we arrived at "Last Minute Escape"   Rob, Jim's brother and his wife Rita met us there and we were ready!

Last Minute Escape is a timed event (1 hour) in which you must find various clues and put them together to solve a mystery and escape. In our case we had to find the treasure and escape a Mayan tomb. Last Minute Escape is a unique, real-time immersive experience unlike anything you’ve participated in. Recommended for anyone who enjoys a challenge and can use their observation skills and intellect, Last Minute Escape quickly becomes the fastest hour you’ve ever had and the most enjoyable test of wits you’ve ever faced. The task for each scenario is simple: go in, do the job, find the key, and get out. Needless to say, Family Auld did not get out!  But we are not quitters and are up to facing the challenge again!  For more information, go to http//Lastminuteescape.com

After all that brain activity we went to the Grain House Restaurant for lunch and had a wonderful time and great food and conversation.

A brief history of the Grain House:

In 1768, Samuel Lewis, a miller from Franklin Corners in Basking Ridge, built a water-powered gristmill and a barn on the Passaic River on land originally acquired from William Penn. His grandson, Richard Southard, bought the property in 1777 and soon found that the convenient location along a major thoroughfare between New York and Philadelphia, so practical for commerce, placed him smack in the middle of the Revolutionary War.

After passing through several hands in the ensuing years, famous restaurateur William Childs saw intriguing possibilities in the barn standing near the old mill and bought the entire property in 1929. He moved the barn to the other side of Route 202 the following year and began converting it to a hotel in Basking Ridge. Rather than gut the inside, however, Childs chose to preserve the classic old structure’s unique spirit through a painstaking restoration. Not a beam was touched in the barn’s solid frame, and the hotel in Basking Ridge remains to this day as it was more than two centuries ago.
Today The Bocina Group maintains The Olde Mill Inn’s long tradition of affordable elegance and the Grain House continues to be a local favorite. Discover a charming and historical setting at one of the best Somerset, NJ hotels today

Later on in the day Karen, Karen's mother Barbara and I went to get pedicures and then went shopping!  We had fun!  It's always a joy to be around these two woman. 

It was a long day, but we shared quality time with family, and in my book that is all that counts!

Til next time ...........