Category Archives: Blog

How a Checklist Can Make Your Camping Trips more Enjoyable

Posted on January 19, 2021 by Travel Happy

A checklist or check-off list, whichever you prefer, can make your life not only more enjoyable, but less stressful as well. Pilots routinely have a checklist to follow during pre-flights. Others may call it a to do list of things … Continue reading →

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My Van Build

Posted on January 13, 2021 by Travel Happy

This is my van; a 2019 RAM Promaster High Top, basic work/cargo van. The high top is great as it affords me the ability to stand erect and has plenty of overhead room. First thing to be built was the … Continue reading →

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Pandemic Driving RV Sales Like Never Before – According to New Data

Posted on January 1, 2021 by Travel Happy

RV lots are mostly bare across the country now and have been for several months. This is due in part because of the pandemic as dealers are reporting that millennials are a huge part of the interest in RV’s during … Continue reading →

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Camper Van – Can be your Home Away from Home

Posted on December 21, 2020 by Travel Happy

A van converted to travel, live and camp in is like a small moving home. It can provide transportation, a kitchen and sleeping accommodations for the driver and a small family. My third converted van Unlike larger RV’s, it’s easy … Continue reading →

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Kennesaw Mountain

Posted on November 12, 2020 by Travel Happy

I live near Kennesaw Mountain in Kennesaw, Georgia which is just north of the city of Atlanta. From the numbers I have seen, Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park is the second most visited National Battlefield Park in the Country. The … Continue reading →

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Camping Off-Grid

Posted on October 31, 2020 by Travel Happy

Are you one of those people that like camping off-grid? If so, what do you do for power? Do you have electronic devices that need charging? Do you have a fridge? Do you have lights that need electricity, how about … Continue reading →

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Boondocking – An Alternative to Traditional Camping

Posted on October 22, 2020 by Travel Happy

Boondocking may not be a familiar word to a lot of RV’ers, Van Lifers, Tent Campers and the rest of the camping public, especially “newbies”… but it will be soon as more and more people are finding it can be … Continue reading →

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Why a Camper Van May be a Better Choice than a Motorhome

Posted on October 3, 2020 by Travel Happy

If you like getting out and exploring nature and all this great country has to offer, but you do not want to do it while sleeping in a tent, then a camper van may be the answer. A camper van … Continue reading →

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Today’s Camper Vans

Posted on September 14, 2020 by Travel Happy

The camper van’s roots can be traced back to the Volkswagen bus that was so popular with the hippie movement in the 1960’s. Volkswagen Bus (Courtesy of Unsplash) It has however, undergone many design changes, various power plants and a … Continue reading →

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South Dakota, Wyoming & Colorado

Posted on August 25, 2020 by Travel Happy

Cabin fever was taking a toll on me and I decided that the pandemic was not going to hold me hostage any longer. I needed to get out, breathe some fresh air and stretch my legs a bit. So, I … Continue reading →

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