My eyes flutter open with the rise of the late summer sun. The air is cool and it’s quiet–ideal for a long tail run. We arrived the evening prior to get an early start on the 16-mile mountain lakes trail loop–a favorite for both Sitka and me. For my water-obsessed heeler, this was basically Disney …
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When I bought my Forester in 2020, I spent several months in search of the right car. I knew heated seats and a sun roof were non-negotiables. I didn’t want a reclaimed title. I wanted to find something with fewer than 60K miles. It needed to be large enough to accommodate Sitka and me for …
Our pals over at GoPetFriendly.com have been running the Pet Blogger Challenge for eight years now. 2019 marks our third year of participation. The goal of the post is to reflect back on 2018 and identify goals for the new year. As you know, 2018 was an incredibly difficult year for us, with the loss …
This post is part of the Wednesday Blog Hop series orchestrated by Chewy.com and is sponsored content. All opinions remain my own. I didn’t always take great pictures of my dog out in the wilderness. Quite the contrary. Before Instagram came along, I’d lug my heavy camera around on hikes and trips and take some …
One reason we chose to adopt Laila is because she was destined for life as a street dog. Like many countries throughout the world, (most, if we’re being realistic) animals are not treated the same way as they are in places like the US or Europe. Throughout our journey, we fell in love with dog …
I am a chocolate snob. Anything under 60% is just not chocolatey enough and between 70% and 85% is ideal. And don’t even thinking about tainting chocolate with milk. That’s just repulsive. Throughout much of South America, I’ve had a bit of a tough time finding high quality, vegan chocolate. After over a year on …
A Day in the Life of An Animal Shelter Volunteer Everyone in Colán knows where Sra. Rosemary lives. Located just a few blocks from the beach, Asocicasión Humanitaria San Fransisco de Asis (AHSFA), the animal shelter in northern Peru that Rosemary has run for nearly 30 years, sits down a bumpy dirt road. The shelter and her …
I’ll admit this right off the bat. You cannot visit Machu Picchu with a dog. You can get close, but you can’t actually take your dog inside the sacred site. We had hemmed and hawed about whether or not to visit Machu Picchu, knowing it would be difficult, but everyone told us we had to, …
Some of you may already know, but I know that many don’t, that we have two cats, Nima and Ollie, that we left under the care of our neighbor Nick, before departing on this journey. A few months ago, we received an email from Nick. In the email, he mentioned a strong limp in Nima’s …
Just Drink the Damn Wine As we near our departure date (107 days, to be exact), I’ve noticed my use of “special things” around the house increase. Special things are those items that may cost more than I would normally spend on something, gifts from friends that I would never buy for myself, or ingredients …