by Denise | Aug 6, 2019 | Travel Tips
It may be the first of August, but if you live in the South, you know summer is far from over. There are still a few weeks left until it’s time to go back to school, and I fully expect Mother Nature to hit us with at least one more heat wave (probably just in time...
by Denise | Jul 24, 2019 | Missouri, Route 66, Travel Tips
When I started planning this trip I thought we’d do Route 66 from Tulsa, OK to Santa Fe, NM. I had six days on my hands and I wanted to investigate and find all the dog-friendly stops. I quickly decided trying to cram that into six days was a mistake. I...
by Denise | May 28, 2019 | Dog Friendly Beaches, Florida, Travel Tips
I’m not sure when I first learned of Grayton Beach or the Dogs of Grayton mural, but I wouldn’t be a very good travel blogger writing about dog friendly travel if I wasn’t aware of a a town whose unofficial motto is “Nice dogs, strange...
by Denise | Apr 16, 2019 | Travel Tips
Recently, I met another dog trainer who asked me if Henri was my demo dog. This guy was the typical alpha male with a dog in a tactile vest, though to my knowledge we weren’t at war. All the dog did was sit and stare at him. Admittedly, it was a young working...
by Denise | Aug 7, 2018 | Paddling, Product Reviews, Travel Tips
Recently I visited a girlfriend who lives on Lake Murray, SC. While there, we decided to take the jet skis across the lake to a restaurant for lunch. It’s been twenty years since I’ve been on a jet ski. Somewhere between zooming across a lake at 23 years old with...
by Denise | Jul 3, 2018 | Travel Tips
Prior to 2016, I’d never noticed Henri being especially fearful of fireworks. I mean, he didn’t like them- what dog does?!- but he wasn’t traumatized. It was that year, on the 4th of July that I came home from a cookout to discover a trembling,...