Let’s be real—nothing says “California summer” like dry hiking trails, overpriced iced matchas, and rattlesnakes sunning themselves like they’re on vacation in Palm Springs. While you’re out there trying to burn off that Kale and Sweet Potato Brunch Quiche, your dog is living their best life—sniffing, peeing on every third bush, and just begging to …
Today I’m hiking for myself. I’m not carrying anyone else’s discarded blue plastic poop bags out (Besides mine and my dogs). I’m not picking up anyone else’s trash. I’m certainly not breaking down anyone else’s fire pits. I spend ninety percent of my life entertaining other people and cleaning up the once pristine forest. As …
It’s hard to be a dog mom in Jackson Hole Wyoming. There are snakes and wild moose everywhere. The Snake River is moving too fast for your furry friends to swim. And most frustrating of all; Every trail from Jackson to Moose to Teton Village seems to outlaw man’s best friend! What is the traveling …
America has a fascination with dogs. The typical American spent around $1,400 a year just on their dogs last year. It was estimated that in 2021 Americans spent over 109 billion on their Fido’s and Champs! As Americans, we buy two hundred-dollar dog beds. Living in a ski town, I see so many tourists putting …
If it’s late October it’s finally cool enough in our mountain town to turn our oven on again. As much as I don’t want to see long summertime days end, the shorter days of fall mean I get to shove a Fennel and Tamarind Paste Roasted Pork Loin at my face. On a humid autumn …


