Happy HAPPY Thanksgiving!
Posted: 25 Nov 2017 17:44
OK, I admit I really lucked out on this - I hardly worked for these. I am taking a trip north for a family event, so after Thanksgiving, had a 300 mile drive ahead the next day. Stayed at my place downtown - bought my sister her own room which I saw her to safely after having a couple of drinks on the rooftop bar. So took a quick tour about 1130 PM of the hotel floors and found about 5 rooms worth planting USB-s, but no action. Hotel clerk told me hotel was very dead because of the holiday - but sometimes that's good as it gives couples the false impression that they are more isolated than usual -
so can be a bit more naughty - and that turned out to be the case! One included the door straight across from mine with a young couple. Plan was to then go asleep, collect the mics before breakfast and listen later as I am doing here in Salinas.
When I got back to mine though, romantic music was pouring from the room across, so I propped open the door, sat in the office chair and waited for events. Didn't take long; when the Depeche Mode mix started in - so did they. Even though I had the USB in place; I walked the two feet over and placed my Olympus as well. Nice - totally undisturbed. I think even security had the night off. 22 minutes of just kicking back and enjoying the fireworks. When they were done, I turned in for sleep. Woke up at 330 that morning for a bathroom break and decided on a hunch to walk the 11th floor where I had a couple of plants. And so caught Couple 3. You can actually here Couple 3 in full glory - though faint in the "Corridor" recordings from a nearby mic at another room which turned out nothing else otherwise.
Couple one - heard taking a bath and caught last moments. Planted a USB which got ripped off. So on the 330AM walk, planted a different one different place; but nothing came of it.
Couple four - heard chatting and giggling. Hung out for about 10 minutes and realized it could take another hour, so left. USB revealed they started in only 2 minutes after I walked away.
So at the end of it all, I was able to get 6-7 hours accumulated sleep and made it up to Salinas/Carmel. Hotel here is ALL family - so didn't even try. Got my full 8hrs in, and will be driving back to LA later.
So enjoy! And a Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow Yanks here!
so can be a bit more naughty - and that turned out to be the case! One included the door straight across from mine with a young couple. Plan was to then go asleep, collect the mics before breakfast and listen later as I am doing here in Salinas.
When I got back to mine though, romantic music was pouring from the room across, so I propped open the door, sat in the office chair and waited for events. Didn't take long; when the Depeche Mode mix started in - so did they. Even though I had the USB in place; I walked the two feet over and placed my Olympus as well. Nice - totally undisturbed. I think even security had the night off. 22 minutes of just kicking back and enjoying the fireworks. When they were done, I turned in for sleep. Woke up at 330 that morning for a bathroom break and decided on a hunch to walk the 11th floor where I had a couple of plants. And so caught Couple 3. You can actually here Couple 3 in full glory - though faint in the "Corridor" recordings from a nearby mic at another room which turned out nothing else otherwise.
Couple one - heard taking a bath and caught last moments. Planted a USB which got ripped off. So on the 330AM walk, planted a different one different place; but nothing came of it.
Couple four - heard chatting and giggling. Hung out for about 10 minutes and realized it could take another hour, so left. USB revealed they started in only 2 minutes after I walked away.
So at the end of it all, I was able to get 6-7 hours accumulated sleep and made it up to Salinas/Carmel. Hotel here is ALL family - so didn't even try. Got my full 8hrs in, and will be driving back to LA later.
So enjoy! And a Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow Yanks here!