Bacon-Wrapped Cheese-Stuffed Hot Dogs

Bacon-Wrapped Cheese-Stuffed Hot Dogs

How can you go wrong with cheese and bacon? The short answer, you can’t. So why not combine the two? One of our favorite go-to meals is bacon-wrapped, cheese-stuffed hot dogs. Sounds a little complicated, but they are actually so simple and so delicious!
September 05, 2019 — Naomi Pickle
Caramel S'more

Caramel S'more

Our family loves caramel, maybe even more than chocolate! There’s nothing better than ooey gooey caramel. One way you can add this ooey gooey caramel into your s’more is to cook it with your marshmallow over the fire.
August 29, 2019 — Naomi Pickle
Campfire Banana Boats

Campfire Banana Boats

Who doesn’t love a good s’more? Our family loves s’mores, and we love to get creative with them! One of our favorites is banana boats. The kids love the marshmallows and chocolate that is typical of s’mores, and the adults like the variation offered by the banana. Adding a little fruit makes it healthy, right? Right. 
August 22, 2019 — Naomi Pickle
Campfire Pizza Roll-Up

Campfire Pizza Roll-Up

One of our favorite camping recipes is a pizza roll-up cooked in the fire. We love to cook our meals in the fire to help reduce clean up, and it...
August 19, 2019 — Naomi Pickle
Kaibab National Forest

Kaibab National Forest

We love to go visit Kaibab National Forest any chance we get. Our family has gone there for many years and we have a lot of memories there. Kaibab National Forest is a 1.6 million acre forest that borders the south and north rim of the Grand Canyon. We live in St. George so it is only a quick two hour drive for us.
July 16, 2019 — Naomi Pickle
Hobo Dinner Hacks

Hobo Dinner Hacks

Even though hobo dinners can be easy to cook and clean up, they can take quite a bit of preparation, which is a hassle without a real kitchen or running water. We have a few hacks to make hobo dinners even easier.
July 11, 2019 — Naomi Pickle

Top 10 Camping Essentials to Bring on the First Camping Trip of the Season

Whether you’re a seasoned camper or a first-time trailer owner, loading up the trailer or motorhome for the first trip of the season is always a daunting task. Did I...
May 27, 2019 — Naomi Pickle
Welcome to Happy Camper Place

Welcome to Happy Camper Place

We absolutely love camping, and we hope that you love it as much as we do. Camping is our chance to spend time together as a family, get away from the stress of our lives, and make some fun memories on our crazy adventures. We like camp as much as possible, so we have some pretty crazy stories that we want to share with you and hopefully give you a good laugh. We also want to share your stories! We love to here the awesome vacations that our readers take and share them so everyone can hear about the amazing places or camping hacks that they can try out this summer. So share your camping memories and hacks with us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, email, or in the comments section!

Memorial Day weekend is right around the corner, which means the first vacation of the season. We are headed to Starvation Reservoir State Park in Duchesne, Utah with all of our kids and grandkids. We are so excited! What are your plans for memorial day?

-Terry & Naomi