ESCAPE!!!

How to Escape

How do you spend quality time with your family? Do you like to go on a day long outing or going for a drive? Maybe it’s a full out trip to Disney World? One of the things we really like to do as a family is going to escape rooms. We have found a really awesome one that we go to in Colorado called Locked In Escapes and have completed ALL of their current rooms. We are awaiting…somewhat patiently…for the next two rooms to become available! This being said, for Lily’s 14th birthday we surprised her with an escape room. All of my kids are problem solvers and love puzzles and thinking outside of the box. This type of game meets their strengths in the way that it challenges them to think a bit creatively.

We ended up doing not one, but TWO escape rooms for Lily’s birthday. The second one we did, I think Sadie will be writing about, as she got to sit in the “control room” and see the inner workings. They have a “Darkness Falls” room that we were not sure how our younger two kids would handle the “creepiness” factor. Overall, I think they would have been ok, but hindsight is 20/20 AND Sadie got to see the other side of the escape room including setting it up. The first room….we died in an explosion….the second room…we escaped with just minutes to spare.

I am sure escape rooms are not for everyone, but it is most definitely a fun way to spend some family time in a unique way. If you have not been to an escape room and you are either really competitive or you like to challenge your mind with problem solving….let me tell you… escape rooms are an amazing date night or family adventure! Just do not be like me and get OVERLY competitive and snap at the kids. Not quite sure how my kids put up with my competitive nature as none of them are overly competitive, but the challenge for them must supersede the off-putting nature of my need to solve the puzzle in the time allotted

While we wait for the next rooms to open up, we did get an interactive book game called Journal29 from Locked In Escapes that we will be starting tonight! There are 63 puzzles to solve in the book. How many days will it take for us to get through them? Will we pile it on and do them all in a matter of days or will we be able to limit ourselves to just one a day? What would you do? Also, have you been to an escape room that you would recommend in your area? If so, we would love to know where as we are planning on some future road trips and would love to know of some amazing stops along the way!