Hikers From St. Paul Run Into Each Other In Iceland, Capture Special Moment

By Kirsten Mitchell, CBS Minnesota

July 27, 2022

It's one of those "only in Minnesota" situations. Two groups of hikers from St. Paul ran into each other 3,000 miles away across the globe in Iceland.

"We went to Iceland for our honeymoon in 2013 when we got married and we instantly fell in love with that country, so we made a vow we would come back in 10 years with or without any children we may have at that time," Jennifer Goepfert said.

Making good on their vow, Jennifer and Travis took their 6-year-old twins Aela and Eva on a trip to remember this July. But it's not the sights that will stick with them, it's the two young hikers they met along a trail in Thorsmork. The encounter began when they stopped to rest.

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