Dogs - The Dog Is Driving (Page 2)

A Dog-Friendly Day at Trona Pinnacles

We've spent our fall driving south through California on the 395 and are LOVING it. Both Tommi and I called the Los Angeles area home for many years, but one of the perks we've enjoyed since becoming full-time RVers is that we are now able to explore our former "

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The Kibble Conundrum

When you have medium to large dogs, keeping your RV stocked with enough — but not too much — pet food can be harder than you think. Not enough, and you're running out to a local store only to find they don't carry your pet's "normal" food. Too much, and

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Adopting a Dog While Full-time RVing

We can't imagine RVing without dogs. They make life so great, and let's face it, one of the main reasons we wanted to full-time RV was so that our dogs could go on awesome adventures with us! This month, we're celebrating the first adoptiversary of Mushy (formerly Marshmallow), who was

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How-to: Teach your dog to wait at the RV door

Arriving at a new campsite is exciting. It’s likely even more exciting for your dog. But dashing out of the motorhome or tow vehicle door to smell all the new things is not only impolite toward your new neighbors, it can be very dangerous — what if you had to

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Our Dogs Became NPS Bark Rangers!

Meet the newest Bark Rangers at Olympic National Park, Lily Goodgirl and Mushy Fastpants! Rangers Goofus and Doofus are very proud of themselves. What is a Bark Ranger? Until today, we didn't know it was an official thing. And by luck, we are at the park where it began! In

Hikes

Exploring Cathedral Gorge With Dogs

Eastern Nevada was a new area for us, so we were excited to check out the dog-friendly Cathedral Gorge State Park (PDF map). However, visiting in June meant warm temps, and with sunrise being 5:15am, we knew we had to get an early start if we wanted to explore

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Red Canyon, Utah: Your Dog-Friendly Alternative to Bryce Canyon National Park

We love Bryce Canyon National Park. Unfortunately for our four-legged friends, they only allow dogs on the paved trail between Sunset Point and Sunrise Point, and on the paved Shared Use Path between the park entrance and Inspiration Point. Sunset to Sunrise is 1.2 miles roundtrip. It's good for

Fun things to do

Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah

The Bonneville Salt Flats have been on my RV wish list since we started traveling. Finally checked it off the list and WOW. They did not disappoint! Even more beautiful and strange than I expected. This post is going to be light on words... I'll let the photos do the

Hikes

Hike: Thunder Mountain Trail

We love Red Canyon, Utah, because of it's dog friendliness. We've done a decent amount of hiking in this area but had originally ruled out Thunder Mountain Trail because it is a multi-use trail for hiking, biking and equestrian use. But after stopping at the Red Canyon Visitor Center, the

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Kanab or Bust

So what drew us to this small town in Soutwestern Utah? It's home to the largest No-Kill sanctuary for companion animals in the United States, Best Friends Animal Sanctuary! It’s been a dream of mine to come visit this special place and thanks to the flexibility of fulltime RVing,

Hikes

Hike: Honaker Trail

Honaker Trail is a hike near the Goosenecks State Park that descends from the canyon edge to a sandy beach on the San Juan river. The beginning of the trail, just below the rim. The hike there and back is 5.78 miles total, and descends, and on the way

Day Trips

Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument: Day Trip with Dogs

Up until a few months ago, I had never heard of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. It is perhaps an overlooked member of the National Park system, sitting against the Mexican border between Yuma and Tucson. Since we're nearby, we decided to do a little detour and check it out.

Boondocking locations

Campsite Review: Kofa National Wildlife Refuge

What is it? Kofa National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1939 for the protection of bighorn sheep and is located on the east side of State Highway 95 between Yuma and Quartzsite, Arizona. We had passed it once before on our travels, but we didn’t have time to stop.

Retrospective

One year of travel!

As part of celebrating one year of travel, we solicited questions from our followers on Instagram & Facebook. Before we get to that though, let’s bring you up to date with where we left off 6 months ago! Time 6 months (Aug 1, 2017–Jan 31 2018, 183 days)

RV Park Reviews

RV park review: Devil's Elbow Recreation Site

We chose to stay at Devil's Elbow Recreation Site in Helena for several reasons. It was about a 20 minute drive to town, the location was known to get windy, which we thought would help in the current heat wave, it had a 14 day stay limit and was inexpensive

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Stimpy

We just said goodbye to our little, blind, old man Stimpy on Friday. His decline was rapid, caused by a recently discovered bleeding tumor in his liver. His last 6 months were lived as a fulltime RV dog and I'm so thankful we had that time with him. Here is

RV Park Reviews

RV park review: Red Ledge RV Park & Campground

How much did we like staying here? We extended our stay twice! For a grand total of 15 nights. Let Me Tell You Why... With our Passport America discount, we paid the full price of $30+tax for the first night, then half price at $15 for the next 6

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Hike: Pa'rus Trail (Zion National Park)

As we planned our first visit to Zion National Park, we learned it was one of the more restrictive National Parks when it comes to dog visitors. Dogs are only allowed on one pathway, the Pa'rus Trail which is about 3.5 miles round trip and a popular trail for

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Hike: Historic Railroad Trail

When doing research about Lake Mead National Recreation Area, we had read that there were many dog friendly hikes. The one that was at the top of our list was the Historic Railroad Trail, because the trail looked well groomed (meaning blind-dog Stimpy could walk it) and it was our

RV Park Reviews

RV park review: Westwind RV & Golf Resort

We've been to the Westwind RV & Golf Resort twice now. The first time was in February as we were passing through to get to Texas and the second was at the end of March while we took care of some service appointments in Yuma. Our 2016 Passport America book

Day Trips

Day Trip: Oatman, AZ

We've been on the road since February 1st, but seemingly endless appointments to get us properly set up for fulltiming have left us no time to sightsee. The appointments are almost over, so today we took our first day trip since becoming fulltimers! We are currently in Lake Havasu City

RV Park Reviews

RV park review: Hilltop RV park

We have a pretty tight driving schedule to make it back to Yuma for our solar install appointment next week so we've been having a lot of back-to-back driving days, which can get tiring for humans and dogs. Because of this, we planned a two night stay at Hilltop RV

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Getting your pets RV ready

We are guardians of two amazing rescue dogs, Stimpy and Lily. Stimpy is an 11-ish year old blind chihuahua mix with an adorable overbite and a grumpy old man attitude. Lily is a 3.5 year old mama dog who is a big lover and considers Stimpy her grumpy puppy.

California

Harvest Hosts: Paso Robles, CA

Harvest Hosts is "a network of wineries, farms and agri-tourism sites that invite self-contained RVers to visit and stay overnight for free." This was our second visit to a Harvest Host, and our first winery. We pulled into the parking lot around 3pm on a rainy day and

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Dog toy review: Wubba

Just about every large dog owner knows the sturdy Kong toys that you stuff with dog food, treats and peanut butter, but Lily says the best thing Kong makes is a squeaky toy! Wubba is a combination fetch, tug-o-war, squeaky, chewy and huggy toy. It seems to keep Lily's interest