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Pet Friendly Sightseeing in the Northern Cascades

Thunder Knob Trail - Northern Cascades, WA

After getting a taste of the Northern Cascades at Mount Baker, we couldn’t wait to see more. East of Bellingham, WA is Northern Cascades National Park, one of the least visited national parks in the US. The fact that the park is penetrated by just one unpaved road accounts for the lack of traffic. Scenic [...]

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Dog Friendly Hiking at Mount Baker

Mount Baker, WA

For weeks, as we traveled around the Olympic Peninsula and then hopped a ferry to Victoria, we caught glimpses of Mount Baker. When we got back to Washington, we decided to take a closer look. It was going to be a warm day in Bellingham, and we looked forward to the 30 mile drive to [...]

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Pups in Port Townsend

Some people love museums, others can’t get enough shopping … but traveling with our dogs in an RV means neither of those rate very high with us. Few museums welcome pets, and we don’t like leaving the dogs behind. Shopping as a recreational activity is pointless when every storage compartment you have is at capacity. [...]

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From Key West to Cape Flattery

It’s hard to believe, but we’ve been traveling full-time for eight months! If you’ve been following along for a while you’ll remember our chaotic visit to Key West in January. Nearly 14,000 meandering miles later, we’ve made it to the opposite corner of the lower forty-eight states – Cape Flattery, Washington. I considered trying to [...]

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Are You Freakin’ Kidding Me?

We’ve been cruising around Olympic National Park in northwest Washington for the past four days, hopping from one campground to another without much of a plan. Each day, around 3 or 4 o’clock, we start looking for a place to set up for the night. On Saturday, though, it got a little later than usual. [...]

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A Pet Friendly Pit Stop in Baltimore

It took about three hours to drive down to Baltimore.  If you have some extra time to spend in the city, we highly recommend two hidden gems.  The first is the Benjamin Banneker Historical Park in nearby Oella.  Encompassing 138 acres and containing extensive nature trails, the focus of this park is the museum highlighting [...]

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