Progress!...mostly

Well, there's been some progress while traveling an awful lot.
First there was a train, where I found the different ways to wind yarn in a terrible chair...

This ended up being the more comfortable of my options. 

Also, if you're keen eyed, you'll have noticed the feet in the front of the compartment...

This is my Tall Hubby, fast asleep after a 12 hour night shift prior to departure.

Then there was a couple of airports and planes...

Casting on.

We also did a lot of last minute planning in my favorite style. 

And then we were in England!

Yay!

We spent three days slamming our way around London, hitting as much as humanly possible in the time given. I even managed to get some knitting done. 

Queuing in front of...

Westminster Abbey

It was a great time. After three exhausting days, we took another train to Southampton to continue our journey on a very large boat.

She is, in fact, very large.

She is stunningly beautiful.

We took a seven day cruise across the Atlantic Ocean. It was great fun, surrounded by nothing but water and being in the lap of luxury. 

Again, gorgeous.

Our dining room, which was technically in the lowest level of finery. 

There was lots of time to read.

There was lots of time and space to knit and read and nap and just relax. There also was a knitting group on board that I only made it to once. 

There were quite a lot of people that showed up.

And I did in the end get quite a lot of knitting done on the trip as a whole, what with long hours on the planes and trains and ships. 

I was working on my Sister-in-Law H's baby sets. 

About halfway through the voyage. 

The snowman's scarf

I will admit to feeling weird about knitting some things so obviously Christmas-sy in the early fall. But it helped a lot. It gave me a nice jump on the project. 

I also worked on it prior to the ArtPrize Adventure Race. 

Handy that baby things are small and portable. 

Adventure races are my way around proper, straight running. There was a biking section, including an offroad portion that was entirely terrifying. 

It doesn't look so bad,but on a bike with skinny tires...

The other half was a running section through the streets of Grand Rapids towards the end of ArtPrize, the gigantic city-wide art festival that takes over the city in the mid to late fall. The adventure race is like a scavenger hunt for adults. You get a map, a compass, and a time limit to find as many markers as possible. 

The marker, which is easily hidden in plain sight. 

We've been having a lot of adventures recently :)