Fun things to do - The Dog Is Driving

Visiting Chaco Canyon with Dogs

What is Chaco Canyon?The Chaco Canyon, in northwest New Mexico, was a hub of Native American cultures from around years 800-1100. It's now protected by the Chaco Culture National Historic Park as a World Heritage Site. It contains several ruins of a very distinct architectural style, and likely served

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Visiting White Sands National Park with Dogs

White Sands had been on our must-see list since the start of our RV travels in 2017. And ever since we became New Mexico residents in 2019, it's been nagging at us that we hadn't been there. So for our first van trip of 2022, we packed up and headed

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Visiting Great Sand Dunes National Park with Dogs

Truth be told, I didn't really know Great Sand Dunes National Park in Colorado existed until we moved to nearby New Mexico. Formerly classified as a national monument, Great Sand Dunes was established as a National Park in 2004. The sand dunes formed from sediment washed into large lakes from

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A Dog-Friendly Visit to Telluride, Colorado

We were able to squeeze in one more trip for this year, before needing to winterize our van. We had been planning to go to the ski town of Telluride, CO over the summer, but kept postponing the trip to follow our state's COVID travel restrictions. We finally went in

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Exploring Dog-Friendly Silverton & Ouray, CO

Colorado is famous for its mountain ranges and forests. The peaks reach well over 14,000 feet, and many small towns are above 7,000 feet. We are lucky to live close to many of these towns, just on the other side of the state border in New Mexico. We

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Dog-Friendly Adventures along US 395 in California

We meandered down the California stretch of highway 395 at what I would say is the perfect time of year to visit: September-November. The weather was cool and perfect for hiking with dogs, campgrounds were empty, summer tourists had already left, and winter tourists were still waiting for snow. We

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Dog-Friendly Day Trip to New Mexico's Bisti Badlands

Ever since we bought our house in New Mexico, we've been wanting to visit the nearby Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness (aka the Bisti Badlands). Winter can be a tricky time to visit since it can get very muddy. In early February, after a few weeks of dry weather, we loaded up

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Our Dog-Friendly Visit to the Grand Canyon

We visited the South Rim of the Grand Canyon in October 2017 with our class A motorhome and 2 dogs. We realized we never wrote a blog about it, and since it's such a bucket-list item for people, we figured it was high time we shared our dog-friendly experience with

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Arizona Dog Adventures

If you know us or have been reading our posts — you should know by now that this is kind of our mantra: We love traveling with our dogs and plan our adventures around them! Recently, we highlighted our favorite dog adventures in Utah. This month, we're taking you to Arizona!

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Christmas Cookie Taste Test - for Dogs!

Lily Goodgirl & Mushy Fastpants have been wonderful full-time RV pups this year, so I thought I'd bake up some homemade holiday dog treats, do a taste test, and share the results! And what does my husband love more than anything when we're boondocking and trying to conserve energy? Ah

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Dog-Friendly Adventures at the Alabama Hills

We're spending the fall meandering down California's Highway 395 and have been looking forward to arriving to the Alabama Hills in Lone Pine because we heard it was a "must do" for boondockers. When the cold nights pushed us out of the Mammoth Lakes area, we were happy

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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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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

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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

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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

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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,

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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

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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.

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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.