The Escape Artists
Helping Other Families That Also Live for Travel "Escapes"
Our goal is to travel as much as we can, experience as many cool adventures and differing cultures as possible, and through this build lifelong memories and a closer sense of family.
Minnesota—Land of 10,000 Lakes, the Mall of America and Much More
The Mall of America is one, gigantic playground of shops, restaurants, and activities. I lived the first 40 years of my life in Minnesota. All four of our kids were born there and I was fortunate to stay home with them when they were young, so I had a lot of time to explore and find many great activities. When we moved, we were surprised at how many people had sports tournaments or family reunions as a destination in Minnesota. My daughter was told many times by her new (n
Packing the Car for a Road Trip
After trial and error (with emphasis on error) on many road trips, we finally have a method that seems to work. We’ll break down what gear you need, what goes in the car and where to put stuff to maximize accessibility. This is an actual photo of what we packed in a mini van for a ski trip, not including another snowboard, 4 pairs of skis and poles! GEAR: Unless, you have only a couple of people and a really large car, I would highly recommend a roof rack for your car. Thi
Surprise Trips
Our family discusses everything, so usually everyone, except the occasionally clueless child, knows what is going on in our lives. We make menus together, discuss our upcoming weekly events, take votes when we want opinions, and have an ongoing discussion about what trips we want to go on. On three occasions, we have secretly planned trips for our kids and sprung it on them, either a day or two before or while we were driving to the trip. 3 out of 4 of them loved the surpri
The ups and downs of traveling with kids of all ages:
What is the perfect age to take your child on a trip? I think any age is works if you have the right mindset. Here I will breakdown the various age groups and share some mishaps we had. Despite them, I would do it again. I do not accept the excuse that a kid will not remember a vacation if you take him/her too early. It's true they may not, but you will! And more importantly you will have had an awesome bonding experience with your child and will have opened up their br
Blog on the Go
With Wix Blog you can do everything from your phone: write posts, follow members, manage comments & more. After you publish simply go to your live site on mobile and log in with with your Wix account. Front row at a fashion show? Just ate the best pasta ever? Tell the world right away! You can post anywhere, anytime from your phone whenever inspiration strikes. Create new posts, edit existing ones, save drafts or publish - you can do it all, even when you’re away from your d
Hashtag Your Posts
Love to #hashtag? Good news! You can add tags (#vacation #dream #summer) throughout your posts to reach more people. Why hashtag? Hashtags are like labels for content that people can search with to find relevant posts. Using hashtags can expand your post reach and help people find the content that matters to them. So go ahead and #hashtag away! Tip: Use hashtags to describe what your post is about.
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Meet The Escape
Artists!
We vowed not to give up our love of travel once we had children. So we've been stuffing our backpacks and taking our children across the United States and around the world since they were infants. And we've found that no matter the age, there's something for us to learn as a family.
Reach us at: theescapeartists@yahoo.com