On the fourth day of our trip, the real excitement began, because that was the first day of Combo Breaker!

Chickadee and I spent most of the day in the staff lounge, helping set out food and water and make coffee…lots and lots of coffee. I started the first pots at about 6:15 a.m., and we kept making it all day long!

One of the advantages of being up early to make coffee…we got to take a look at the venue before everything got started:

I continue to be impressed with how well the event treats the volunteers…in addition to three meals a day and plenty of water, there were also lots of snacks to keep everyone going.

We did step away very briefly so Chickadee could take a look at the arcade room, where she tried her hand at Ms. Pac-Man…she’s certainly better at it than I am!

Up next…the second day of the event!