Today, many of us from Choice One are headed to Lexington, KY. If you didn’t know, we take a trip together once every two years over a weekend to hang out with each other, meet spouses/guests, and make some long-lasting memories. Indeed, it’s easy to reflect on the completely uneventful history of Choice One travel. After all, we’re a well-oiled machine when it comes to logistics, punctuality, and quiet evenings in hotel rooms… right?

Let’s take a stroll down memory lane:

·     Las Vegas, 1997: Jeff Kunk nearly missed the flight home, proving that blackjack and time management don’t mix.

·     Louisville, 2013: We thought we saw ghosts in underground zipline caves.

·     Pittsburgh, 2021: We were extra glad our buses had bathrooms when we got stuck in a four-hour I-70 traffic jam.

·     Ann Arbor, 2015: We overwhelmed a tiny hotel bar with a 50:1 guest-to-bartender ratio. The bartender probably still wakes up in a cold sweat.

·     Cleveland, 2019: We found rats in an alley and some of us saw Baker Mayfield at a hockey game. Browns fan Mitch Thobe, whose back was turned, remains unconvinced.

So what’s in store for Lexington? Will our bus survive? Will we find another celebrity in an unexpected place? One thing’s for sure: we’ll make memories, whether we plan to or not.