One adventure that I have avoided since I was a child was horseback riding. When I was younger I did go on several horseback rides, but it wasn’t something that I ever had an itch to do as the years went by.Well, that all changed...
My stomach dropped and I squeaked out a gasping laugh as the glider plane took a nosedive towards the earth. I had asked the pilot if he knew how to perform any crazy tricks and he kindly obliged in providing me with an exhilarating adrenaline...
When we travel, the first thing we look for is access to outdoor adventures. It seems like we've been traveling through a lot of cities lately, which we thoroughly enjoy as well, but there is just something special about connecting with nature that we can't...
Kayaking is always one of our favorite adventures, and we try to get out for a paddle any chance we get. So, when we were road tripping through the Southern Finger Lakes region and had the opportunity to hop in kayaks for an afternoon, we...
Is it possible to road trip the entire Snæfellsnes Peninsula in a day from Reykjavík? That's what we wondered as we set off for the second part of our Iceland road trip. We traded in our Happy Camper for a SADcar (quite comical, no?) and...
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...
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...
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...
When visiting Iceland this summer, we made a home for ourselves in a Happy Campers camper van. Our 10-day rental would see us road tripping through the Westfjords and around the Ring Road before making our way back to Reykjavik. We have a ton to...
