For those that have just joined us on Jackson’s blog I am adding this note. We are on a month-long road trip visiting the desert canyons in the American west. I enjoy traveling, but I always regret my best buddy can’t go on a lot of my adventures. This is one of two we have planned this year centered around Jackson joining in on the grand adventure. Jackson is going to be doing all of the blog posts. We will be posting our photographs on our Facebook pages (and a few here also!)
– Matt

Woof, woof, what a wonderful two days we have had… well except for the time I had to stay in a kennel while my human was exploring a canyon i wasn’t allowed in. Ruff, at least he wasn’t gone long! After he got back from a place he called Upper Antelope Canyon, is an antelope and animal? Ruff, if so I would like to see one. So far we have seen elk, deer, and coyotes. Wow those deer sure had big ears, Matt said they were called Mule deer because of those big ears. Those coyotes looked like dogs, but my human said they don’t like dogs, so leave them alone!

Woof, I got off the subject there for a minute, all those animals got me excited. After my human came and got me from the kennel we went on a hike together. I got to wear my boots for the second time. I just wish Matt could get them on me a little faster, but I just stand there until he gets done. Now I understand why I need to wear them, I accidentally stepped in a sticky plant  Matt called a cactus. Wow, those little needles stick everywhere and he had to pull some out of my legs and off of the boots!. Woof! I forgot to tell all of you the name of the trail we hiked, it was the Hanging Gardens Trail. It was sunny all the way except for the hanging gardens. I am not used to seeing all around with no trees and the bright sun all the time, it sure is strange.

Today we have been mostly at the campground and I have been supervising all the cleaning and straightening up of the truck and watching Matt fold the clothes he washed. He said the next place we will be going is a state called Utah to go see some canyons there. Woof, we will be leaving early in the morning since Matt did all this work to get ready to go! WOOF! I found out he decided to get a motel room, we are going to be indoors for a day or two! Woof, woof!

Woof, another report tomorrow, bye for now.

For those that have just joined us on Jackson’s blog I am adding this note. We are on a month-long road trip visiting the desert canyons in the American west. I enjoy traveling, but I always regret my best buddy can’t go on a lot of my adventures. This is one of two we have planned this year centered around Jackson joining in on the grand adventure. Jackson is going to be doing all of the blog posts. We will be posting our photographs on our Facebook pages (and a few here also!)
– Matt

Woof!What a day we had, we got up early at our camp at Pine Flats in Sedona packed up without my human eating breakfast and left. At least he did make sure I had my breakfast. We got in the truck so we could get to our next stop early, my human said if we didn’t get there in the morning we might not get a campsite and later I saw he was right, the campground filled up with humans and dogs. Matt said it was time to start the canyon adventures of our trip so we went to the Grand Canyon first and grand and big it is. It scared me when I got close to the edge it looked like the bottom was far, far away and it was windy too, ruff! My human said we walked some of the south rim trail, I didn’t have to wear my booties because the trail was paved and safe for me to walk on. We walked and walked and both of us took pictures.

My human said he was tired when we got back to camp because we walked seven miles. I didn’t let him know it, but I was tired too. As soon as he got the truck ready I got in and got on my bed, well I guess I should say our bed as I share it with my human. I fell asleep real fast listening to the popping and crackling of fires, the smell of food, and the hushed voices of humans talking. I think all of the dogs must have been tired too because I didn’t hear any of them, woof! I was amazed Matt was right, the campground was full and not one place was left to camp, humans drove in all night looking for sites but had to leave. Sometimes my human can be pretty smart.

Here is one of my photographs!

Today I am happy we are not driving any long distances, we are staying at least another night because there is so much to do and see. I might have to stay in the truck or kennel for on of my human’s hikes because dogs can’t go everywhere here at the Grand Canyon, ruff! I don’t understand that , why do us dogs have to deal with discrimination? Matt tried to explain, but I guess I will just have to deal with the facts. At least I am on one of his grand adventures, ruuf, ruuf, Grand, get it? It’s a little dog pun fun!

Woof, well we are off to more adventures, I’ll report when I can, see you then, woof!

Just to keep everyone up-to-date I am adding this note to Jackson’s post. We are on a month-long road trip visiting the desert canyons in the American west. I enjoy traveling, but I always regret my best buddy can’t go on a lot of my adventures. This is one of two we have planned this year centered around Jackson joining in on the grand adventure. Jackson is going to be doing all of the blog posts. We will be posting our photographs on our Facebook pages (and a few here also!)
– Matt

Woof, Woof, my human told me we traveled 500 miles and went through three states! I just wish I knew what a state was, is it a condition of being? Or what? Woof, well I won’t worry about it. I had a bunch of fun watching where we were going and along the way I got to visit my friend Maggie. I like to play with her, she is one of my good doggie friends that lives near a place called Lake Lure. She even gave me one of her toys the last time we visited her, what a dog! Then we got back in the truck and drove, and drove, and drove until it got dark. We did stop at one place where my human said he had taken pictures before. He said it was going to be torn down soon and wanted to take one last picture. He showed me the old photograph and I loved it because it has a dog in it, woof! Here it is!

Well Matt says we have to pack up and get on the road again to go to a place called Arkansas. He said we will be camping at a place called Lake Catherine State Park. Woof, a lake, maybe I can go swimming. I can’t wait, ruff, ruff! I will write from our next stop!

Just to keep everyone up-to-date I am adding this note to Jackson’s post. We are on a month-long road trip visiting the desert canyons in the American west. I enjoy traveling, but I always regret my best buddy can’t go on a lot of my adventures. This is one of two we have planned this year centered around Jackson joining in on the grand adventure. Jackson is going to be doing all of the blog posts. We will be posting our photographs on our Facebook pages (and a few here also!)
– Matt

Woof, I supervised my human packing yesterday and we are ready to go. I am going to keep this post short as we will be on the road shortly. Woof I am excited I made sure my toys, food, and camera are packed. I had to sit in the back of the truck while he was packing to be sure everything is it the right place. No more days to wait we are leaving in the morning, woof! We’ll see everyone on the road!

Just to keep everyone up-to-date I am adding this note to Jackson’s post. We are preparing for a month-long road trip visiting the desert canyons in the American west. I enjoy traveling, but I always regret my best buddy can’t go on a lot of my adventures. This is one of two we have planned this year centered around Jackson joining in on the grand adventure. Jackson is going to be doing all of the blog posts. We will be posting our photographs on our Facebook pages (and a few here also!)
– Matt

Woof! My human says we have less than one week to go before we leave for our desert trip. I just wish I knew how long a week is; maybe someone can explain that to me. He has been so busy that sometime he forgets to play with me, but I don’t let him forget all the time, ruff! As he keeps piling all the things he plans to bring I get more and more excited. I have never seen him get so much stuff for a trip in my whole life! He usually travels with two bags and that is it. He keeps putting things in this space he has marked off with tape. I think he said it was marked off in the shape of the back of the truck.
Yesterday my human surprised me with a sign he put on our truck, here is the photo:

What do you think? While I am at it I’ll show you some before and after photos, the weather has prevented him from washing the truck yet so it is dirty and it has been too cold to completely put the carpet in. He said something about the sticky stuff won’t work well in the cold. I wish he could put the truck in the house to get warm, but it is way too big to get in the front door. Below you can see the progress on the truck. My human tells me there was more work I couldn’t see because there was mechanical work, I’m not sure what mechanical means, I’ll have to find out but I think he means the work on the engine and the parking brake so we can have a safe trip.

Here are the before and after photographs:

Now the improvements. He hasn’t had weather warm enough to wash or get the carpet put in correctly yet.

Woof, one thing you can’t see it the top carrier has been repaired from  a vandalization a few months ago. Ruff, I’ll post a new photograph hen he gets around to washing it (as long as I don’t get a bath in that process!)

Well I have to make sure my human stays focused on packing today, he still has a lot to do. Now let me get my stuff in order… treats, food, toys, and my camera, woof!