Packing always seems to be a challenge. I love packing light and prefer to pack carry-on only whenever possible. There’s something freeing about traveling light, especially when you are moving from place to place. But, sometimes, packing light just isn’t an option, especially when you...
Cooking in a camper van sounded like it would be quite an interesting feat. We wondered if we would have all the necessary utensils and supplies, if there would be space to move around easily and if we would have enough room to store our...
Growing up in small town Minnesota meant that most adventures required a bit of driving to reach. Although there are several ski hills within a few hours drive from where we grew up in Pelican Rapids, there was only one that was less than a...
We visited Las Vegas a couple of years ago—we were attending a wedding in San Diego and decided to visit Las Vegas as a side trip. I wasn’t sure what to think about a city geared so heavily towards partying, clubbing, buffets and gambling, but...
Would you expect to find a desert like landscape in Manitoba, Canada? We certainly weren’t expecting it, but that’s exactly what we found in Spruce Woods Provincial Park! To close out our road trip through Manitoba, we made our way to a provincial park. We had...
Riding Mountain National Park is located in the southwestern region of Manitoba, about 3.5 hours northwest from Winnipeg. The landscapes and scenery in Manitoba are pretty similar to where we grew up just a few hours south in Minnesota, but since this was our first...
Itasca State Park is the oldest state park in Minnesota, and it also happens to be where the mighty Mississippi River begins its journey all the way south towards the Gulf of Mexico. We have visited Itasca many times over the years, but this summer was...
Winnipeg is a fantastic city for a weekend break—it’s walkable, full of culture, has great restaurants, and plenty of active adventures. While we could definitely spend more than a weekend exploring Manitoba’s largest city, we managed to pack loads of adventure into our latest weekend...
Manitoba is often described as mostly prairie land, but it has so much more to offer than most people realize. Winnipeg, the capital of Manitoba, was voted as one of the best trips to take in 2016, and the rest of the province has plenty...
It only makes sense that one of the best bike cities in the world has a trail that has been voted the best urban bike trail in the United States. That trail is the Midtown Greenway—the trail is 5.5 miles long and runs through Minneapolis,...
The first five days of our Happy Campers road trip around Iceland saw us making our way through the Westfjords and up into the northern part of the island. While there were a few long driving days, we still packed in quite a few adventures,...
Out of the countries that we have visited so far, Iceland is one of our favorites. There is something about the otherworldly and diverse landscape mixed with the fantastic opportunity for adventure that draws us in. This was our second time in Iceland, so we...
