It’s been quiet on our blog for the past couple of years, but please know that Em and Pie have still been adventuring as much as ever behind the scenes! My blog has been inching closer and closer to the … Continue reading
After our two senior weens ran to the Rainbow Bridge together last December, it felt difficult to imagine life without them. It wasn’t just the little daily quirks that we would miss, like Banana marching up the stair landing, the … Continue reading
In my last blog post, I detailed why we had chosen Banff as our vacation destination for our 10th wedding anniversary trip. We had been eager to take the pups along on one of our more grand vacations, and Banff … Continue reading
We chose Banff, Canada, as the vacation destination for our 10th wedding anniversary because we could combine two of our favorite things: our pups and the great outdoors. While traveling and flying from the United States to most destinations outside … Continue reading
Hubby and I just celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary this year, aka the tin/aluminum anniversary. While I never once doubted that we would make it this far, I had no idea it would be this fun! Hubby and I didn’t … Continue reading
Having a 4-pack Sausage Squad did not stop us this year from doing the outdoorsy adventures we love to do. In fact, our weenie crew’s short stature is probably the perfect reminder that life, too, is short and we should … Continue reading
Pie and I are no strangers to having a pack of dogs under our care. We have volunteered for many petsitting gigs for close friends over the past decade and even taken our extra furry friends along for camping and … Continue reading
…BIRTHDAYS!!! Hubby and I both have winter birthdays, and as a kid, I always hated sharing my birthday with the Christmas holiday, but as an adult, that hardly matters anymore. Even though I’ve come to accept my winter birthday, my … Continue reading
When Pie and I lived in New Mexico, the one fall activity we looked forward to the most was the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta. I would get childlike excitement hearing the hot air balloons puffing and drifting overhead all across the … Continue reading
The eleventh day of our Ring Road trip in Iceland was our last full day for activities. Technically, we had already completed the Ring Road early on Day 9 because we wanted to circle back around to the active volcano … Continue reading
We woke up in the parking lot to the Fagradalsfjall volcano on the tenth day of our Iceland Ring Road trip because we were hoping the foggy weather from the previous day would clear up and we could hike to … Continue reading
Things were starting to wind down by the ninth day of our Ring Road trip in Iceland. We had just spent several hours the day prior driving through the Westfjords region and we still were only halfway done with the … Continue reading
Much like our previous day on Iceland’s Ring Road, on the eighth day, our itinerary was based solely on the campsite we wanted to get to by the end of the day. If there happened to be interesting sights along … Continue reading
The seventh day of our journey on Iceland’s Ring Road was probably the least eventful. After our travels the past few days, we were beginning to see why the south coast of Iceland was so popular; much of the Ring … Continue reading
It wasn’t until the sixth day of our Ring Road trip in Iceland that we realized that our “small” Land Rover vehicle that we were camping in wasn’t really as bad as we had expected it to be. I had … Continue reading
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