We escaped the Diamond Dilemma room at Missing Pieces with 17m 14s remaining — and only one clue used! Great teamwork with the kids cousin joining us! 🔓 Room 46!
Escape Room
This section chronicles our family’s love of escape rooms, from cracking a record 23 rooms in 2025 (82 total since 2016) to quirky trip logs detailing each puzzle, travel stop and post‑game reflection. It’s an ever‑growing diary of teamwork, hints and shared victories.
We got together with friends and had a great time escaping Cuckoo’s Clock at Missing Pieces. We escaped with 13m 36s left on the clock having used 5 clues. Room 45!
We escaped from “The Mafia” room at Reykjavik Escape in 38m 44s with no clues! 🔓 Our first escape room outside of the US, and the only escape room in Iceland. Room 44!
Escape Game: Timeliner
We went to The Escape Game in Nashville and did the Timeliner: Train Through Time room. We did it with another family, a dad and three boys. The room was really cool and definitely hard enough, but not too hard. I’d like to say that we finished it but they gave us a bit of buffer …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Escape Game: TimelinerWe escaped Video Game Mayhem at Trapped in 56m 59s! The room was setup for the adult version. We did this room in 2019 setup for kids and finished it in 53m. We didn’t remember much of the puzzles. Room 39!
We just barely beat the new Robot Rampage room at Trapped Puzzle Rooms in St. Paul. 59m 36s. Whew! It was a fun room! Room 38!
We completed Alice’s White Rabbit Rescue at Twisted Room Escapes in Indianapolis tonight. 56m 40s. Room 37!
Grand Rapids & Hibbing Log
Weather: Cool. Mist and rain in the morning. Cool and mostly cloudy throughout the day. “Rock’n the 50s” Escape Room at Itasca Historical Society. Lunch at Spartan Deli. Shopping: Bender’s Shoe & Sport, Bender’s Gifts, MacRostie Art Center, and The Lake & Co Shop. Barely Reality …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Grand Rapids & Hibbing LogWe won the “Rock’n the 50s” Escape Room at Itasca Historical Society in 40 minutes! Room 36!
Vermont Road Trip Log: Day 9, Sunday
Weather: Still a bit rainy in the morning, but cleared up. Fairly warm in the afternoon. Evening turned out nice. 9:14a: Left 14 mins late for Montpelier, VT. Brunch at Three Penny Taproom. Check out Vermont State House. Escape Room at Greatest Caper. Afternoon coffee and …
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