Are you thinking of crossing border into Canada?  Are you going to be near the Niagara Falls area and thinking about taking the Rainbow Bridge to Canada?  Yes, there is a Rainbow bridge you can walk, bike or drive across to get into their country.  We were hoping to see our beloved pets on the other side but no luck there!  LOL

As a Rver, issues like border crossings become really important if you are considering crossing the border with your RV home.  It can be much more complicated than just driving across in a car.  We had heard it is much easier to get into Canada than it is coming back into the United States.

This post is about our story and experience with taking the Rainbow Bridge to Canada.  But first a little background.

We wanted to take our full time RV living home to the Niagara Falls area for a visit to this place that we had never been to before.  It looks so pretty in all the pictures so we wanted to visit while we were in that area of the country. We visited in late summer.  It appeared that most of the American families were not there, but there were sure a lot of foreign tourists!  We ran into a lot of Indians: the kind that says, “thank you for calling customer support!” LOL (A Jeff Dunham and Peanut joke)

We did want to park our RV close to Niagara Falls.  We researched campgrounds in the area and found most that were within 10 miles or so were $50 – $80 per night.  In our full time RV living travels, unless we are holding an RV inspection class, we try to keep our nightly park fees at an average of about $20 per night.  We do this by using multiple sources including Passport America, Good Sams Camping Club, and freecampgrounds.com.

We found a casino that is just about a mile from Niagara Falls State Park, depending on where in the park you want to go.  They allow RVers to park in their east parking lot as long as you park along the east side of the lot by the fence.  There are no utility hookups provided.  This is a boondocking option only.  The location is called Seneca Niagara Resort and Casino.  The parking lot entrance is right off Falls Rd.  It is easy to get any size RV to this location.

If you decide to take advantage of their kindness, be sure to visit the casino and patronize them in some way.  Oh, and this facility is owned by Native Americans: the ones that go Hiya Hiya, Hiya Hiya!  LOL (Again, more Jeff Dunham!)

We found this to be an excellent location as it was located close to the Falls. In the two days we stayed at the Seneca Niagara Resort and Casino, we walked to Niagara Falls six times.  It took us less than 15 minutes to do so! It is almost a straight shot west to Niagara Falls State Park.  

In addition to food choices at the Casino, there are also great eating opportunities along the way to the Falls.  We found Mario’s NY Style Pizza. After a day of walking around, and into Canada, we were hungry!  Their pizza was awesome, and they had many varieties to choose from.

Crossing Border into Canada

For this website post, I would like to focus on the easiest way to cross the border, and that is walking across the Rainbow Bridge to Canada.  For a United States citizen with a current passport, all you need to do is enter the border patrol facility from the west side bridge access point, go through the one-way turnstile and you are off to Canada.  

The views from the bridge are spectacular.  You can place one foot in the US and the other in Canada as there is a plaque that marks the dividing line between the countries.  We also observed that at the time we crossed the bridge the high volume of vehicles that were waiting to enter the United States.

Once across the bridge, you are directed to an office where a Canadian border patrol officer will check your passport for entry into Canada.  If you are a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, you must carry proof of citizenship such as a passport, birth certificate, a certificate of citizenship or naturalization, a U.S. Permanent Resident Card, or a Certificate of Indian Status along with photo identification. If you are a U.S. permanent resident, ensure you carry proof of your status such as a U.S. Permanent Resident Card.

This was all pretty painless.  We were through that part of the crossing in just a few minutes.  There was only one other family ahead of us at the time.  I would never expect it to be that busy when walking the Rainbow Bridge to Canada as most people would probably prefer to drive.  

The only thing the border agent asked us was where we were from in the US and why we were visiting that day?  That was it!  We were now on Canadian soil.

So, if you are in the Niagara Falls area on the US side, why would one want to venture across the Rainbow Bridge to Canada?  The Falls are beautiful and the views from Niagara State Park are certainly amazing, but the Falls are truly spectacular from the Canadian side.  The Horseshoe Falls cannot be truly appreciated unless you see them while in Canada.

Now, you can take the Maid of the Mist boat tour and truly experience Niagara Falls, and get really wet too!  We watched many folks waiting in long lines to get their tickets and a plastic bag to cover themselves once in the midst of all the mist from the Falls.  

We also noted how wet they were when they got off the boat!  The plastic bag appeared to have failed many! On a hot day that would be awesome, but it was a rather cool day when we were there.

The mist from the Horseshoe Falls almost makes it appear like it is raining. The day we were there the wind was blowing the mist over the main walkway which is along Niagara Parkway.  There are plenty of opportunities to get a little wet while visiting Niagara Falls!  But it is so worth it to see views like these!

Crossing back the United States via the Rainbow Bridge was just as easy as it was to cross into Canada.  It was a good thing we had some American currency with us as we needed fifty cents each to get back onto the bridge. They had a coin changer so we could get some quarters.

Once through the turnstile, we walked back across the Rainbow Bridge.  We beat all the vehicle traffic sitting in line trying and enter the United States. Once in the Border Patrol office, we only had to wait for one couple ahead of us.  We were asked if we had anything to declare, showed our passports and we were permitted back on American soil.  Simple as that.  Do be sure to remove your hat and sunglasses, if wearing them, before speaking to an agent.

Well, there it is!  Walking across the Rainbow Bridge to Canada and crossing the border into Canada is as easy as that!  I would highly recommend the experience in order to view Niagara Falls from both countries.  It was truly a treat for Pam and me!  The round trip by foot was about five miles.  It did not seem like it though!  It was an easy walk with lots of places to stop and hang out.

We may do it again soon but the next time we may try biking across to Canada.  There is a little bit more involved in that process as you cannot use the pedestrian walkway.  We will share that experience when we have completed that adventure.

Please leave a comment about your border crossing experiences if you have visited Niagara Falls in your RV.

Happy RV Travels,

Howard, Pam, and Lindsey

Hello my furry 4 legged and human followers. Lindsey here checkin’ in again with my Weekly Bark Report. This week I want to bark at you about Boondocking with Dogs at Niagara Falls. (I think a better name would be Boon-Dogging.  Whatcha all think? Or am I barkin’ up the wrong tree? Ha! Get it? I kill me sometimes.)

Dad caught me getting a snack before writing my bark report! I love Stella and Chewy!!

Yummy!!

This venture was the bestest yet! We stayed at somethin’ called a Caaa-Seen-O. Mom said the name of it was Seneca Niagara. (She has to help with the big words.)  It was this really big lot behind a huge-mong-us building with lots and lots and lots of lights all over it at night. And some great pee-mail for this low-rider to check out too.

So at this Niagara place, Mom and Dad took me there one day to check it out.  Whoa! That’s alotta water dude!  And it is movin’ really fast.  I bet even a Greyhound couldn’t catch it. I think someone musta forgot to turn off the water. That’d be one really wet house if we did that in ours.

 But you know I was sooo kool sitting there at the water that all the humans around were watchin’ while I did my thing. Other people I don’t even know wanted to take my picture. Go figure. Dad called me a crowd magnet. I didn’t like being so close to all that water.  It was kinda scary but I had to pretend to be brave cuz everyone was watchin’ me. Just acted like I was chillin’ and catchin’ some rays.

Yo, and on our way back to the Caaa-Seen-O I got to play chest.  We found some sidewalk games at a place called Old Falls Street.  Dad was gonna teach me but then some nice lady asked to take my picture to put on their website.

How kool is that?!  All over the world humans will see me!  Fame is tough y’all but somebody’s gotta do it. (Okay, Mom just got in my face for that. Saz I don’t need a big head. A bubble butt is all we can handle in our house.)

There was this huge checkers board too, but I didn’t want to play that.  It didn’t look as fun as the chest game.  And after chest we got to kool off at a street Found-tin.  It was right by a hawnted house. I didn’t get to go in that house.  Too scary.

Oh, oh and then I gotta tell ya about the day Mom and Dad went acrost the border.  I don’t know what that means, but Dad said I couldn’t go cuz I didn’t have my traveling papers.  Huh? I grew out of potty papers when I was a pupster.  That’s okay cuz I got a really good nap while they wuz gone.

They walked acrost this Rainbow Bridge. I asked if they saw Maya over there cuz she went over a Rainbow Bridge last year.  No, no Maya. I’m sad about that. Then he tells me Mom almost did come back cuz she didn’t have any money to crost the bridge.  Barooo!!  He’z such funny guy. Gotta luv my Dad. I know he would’t leave Mom there.   I can’t help him drive cuz my legs are too short.  Best I could do is be co-pilot.

Mom and Dad leave these stuffed things in the seats so I can’t write on the windows with my nose! Bummer!!

I got to see lots of purty pitures of that place Dad called Can-A-Da.  Maybe I coulda found some new furry friends from over there, ya know, eh?  (I’m trying to learn a new language. Any Can-A-Dee-An furry friends out there to help me out?)

I sure hope Mom and Dad do some more Boon-dogging at maybe some other really neato place. Stay tuned for our next adventure and feel free to bark at me below. I’ll check back with ya after my nap.

Lindsey out….

Traveling in an RV is one of the greatest ways to get out and visit great places.  No matter where you are you always have your home with you!  For full time RVers, this is especially true!  However, one thing I have observed in our seven years of full time RV living is that some people tend to forget about safety.  I would like to suggest a few RV safety tips that may help the seasoned, as well as the occasional RV traveler.

Consider Weighing Your RV!

The first, and most important one I think is to know how much your RV weighs!  If you have no idea what your fully loaded RV is carrying you should consider weighing your RV!   The biggest argument I hear against taking the time to get this done is, “I still have more storage space so I must be okay!”  That may be true, but it does not always work that way.

If you were to take a completely empty RV, look at the data plate that specifies the gross vehicle weight rating and subtract the weight of your empty RV, you would have your carrying capacity of the vehicle.  Now depending on the class of RV you have there are several other factors to consider.  But for this discussion lets keep it simple.

From there you would have to know how much water you want to carry and calculate that weight and add it to the vehicle’s empty weight.  Then, you would have to weigh each individual item going into the RV and stop loading any more items when you reach the vehicle’s gross vehicle weight rating. But, how can you know that you have the vehicle loaded evenly?

What if you have not exceeded the RV’s gross vehicle weight rating but have more weight on one side of the RV than on the other?  This condition might be overloading the tires and axles on one side and possibly create a situation where a tire failure could occur.  Damage may also occur to the axles themselves if this condition continues for extended periods of travel.

When Pam and I bought another RV earlier this year I put weighing the RV on the top of the list of things I wanted to accomplish.  Given it is a class C RV, and that we are pulling a cargo trailer with all our stuff, I knew that this RV would be easy to overload.  Even in our 5th wheel we had to watch the carrying capacity very closely.  All the appliances and three slides were on the street side of the RV and only one slide with very little weight in it was on the curb side.  So, we had to put the heavier items on that side of the RV to balance out the carrying capacity of the RV.

Once we loaded our new RV we made it a point to find a service that could weigh our RV.  These types of services can be found at RV Owner’s group rallies and RV shows.  Now this is not like taking your RV to a Pilot / Flying J truck scale.  That only tells you the total weight of a vehicle.  What you need to know is how much weight is on each axle, and more important than that, each tire so that overloading can be avoided.

We started this weighing process by filling out a form that asked questions about the RV, axle ratings, tire type and weight ratings of those tires.  Once the RV was weighed at each tire, and including our trailer, a report was generated to determine where we were at with our loaded RV.

We found out that our vehicle was slightly overweight on the rear axle and slightly underweight in the front axle.  This included the weight of our trailer on the hitch of the RV.  Also, the trailer was slightly underweight and the cargo weighted evenly on each side of the trailer.  So, our major concern was the rear axle of the RV under its current load.  But, according to the folks that weighed the RV, as long as we keep the tires at the correct cold pressure values and don’t exceed 65mph, we are well within acceptable limits.

Given that Pam and I are never in a hurry when we travel, and maintain our speed between 60 – 65mph, we are good to go.  I will also add that as we continue to live the full time RV lifestyle we will continue to get rid of things we don’t use.  That will help us to continue to lighten the load!

I would like to comment on one more RV safety tip.  Please be sure that when you are traveling in your RV that you have your propane system turned off!  In the event that something should happen on the road: a tire blowout, hitting a road alligator (road debris), or some other unforeseen circumstance, you don’t want to have your energized propane system create a catastrophic event when the system is damaged during travel!

Most people travel with their propane tanks on in order to keep their propane refrigerator cold.  The truth is that if you do not open the refrigerator during travel it will remain at acceptable temperature levels.  

If you have a motorized unit you can use your generator and switch over to electric cooling to keep it cool.  If you don’t have that option you can put a small block of ice in the fridge to help with cooling.  Pam and I have used both methods successfully in order to travel safely when it comes to avoiding the use of propane to run the refrigerator.

I hope both these RV safety tips will help you to continue to enjoy safe RV travel!  

Happy Travels!!

Howard, Pam and Lindsey

Greetings from our RV!

Parked at Lake Kenisee – Thousand Trails in Jefferson Ohio

Pam, Lindsey and I are currently in Jefferson, Ohio spending some time at a Thousand Trails RV park and enjoying full time RV living!  It’s hard to believe we started doing this back in 2008 and it has already been that long ago.  Time sure goes by fast!

The first RV Trip with a rental unit!

We had so much fun we thought we’d try a bigger RV!

A Class C Rental Unit in Vegas!

We were able to rent a nice diesel pusher!

A Class A gas rental RV in our driveway in the mountains of Colorado -this is what would fit in the driveway!

Back to the beach in Destin!

2008 – Finally, our first full time RV living home!

There have been lots of experiences and lots of learning too!  When we think of how green we were back in 2002, when we took out our first RV, we just have to laugh at all the silly things we did early on because we did not know what living in an RV would be like, or even how to use it:

• Thinking the air conditioner should run just because it’s plugged into shore power. What?  It needs 12 volts too?  You mean there is a battery switch that has to be turned on?  Huh?? (an RV tech course solved those kind of issues!)
• How come the TV had reception yesterday and not today?  You mean that little button has to be pushed in one way for cable and another for the over-the-air channels?   There’s a thing called an antenna booster?
• Not realizing a sewer hose donut was not a strong enough seal to keep the sewer hose from flying out of the sewer pipe when pulling the black tank valve – a true RV movie moment!  Yes, there was a fecal incident outside our poo palace, our kaka castle, our dodo dwelling, our fart fort, well you get the idea!  LOL
• Burying the rear axle of a 38′ diesel pusher in a drainage ditch while trying to enter an RV parks narrow entrance in the dark because we did not do enough research before trying to get to the campground.
• Having a Suburban water heater and not realizing that it has an anode rod and that it needs to be removed/replaced, and the water heater flushed regularly, or some bad things happen to the tank!
• Using the black tank rinsing system to fill the tank after dumping in order to flush the tank with fresh water but forgetting to pull the gate valve when it got full of water because someone got distracted and started talking to other campers.  That’s something you do once and never do again!
• Traveling with the RV’s propane system energized and almost losing the RV due to a freakish incident inside the RV that caused the cook top stove to turn on full blast and burn up the cook top cover.  Had we decided not to stop and check the 5th wheel it would have been a goner!
• Spending hours on the side of the road on a very warm day with a blown tire because we were overloaded and never figured that just because we have the room in the RV does not mean we can carry everything we want.
• Tearing up a street side rear cargo door backing in an RV site.  I thought Pam was being attacked by a bee, but the dance she was doing in my rear view mirror was to tell me to stop because I was running over the water spigot that was painted brown and just blended into the scenery I was seeing in the mirror.  We have learned to communicate better over the years!

Okay, I could go on but you get the idea!  When one starts the full time RV living lifestyle with little previous knowledge, these things can happen. Fortunately for us we did most of these bonehead type things on rented vehicles.  A few more happened in our own RV but we have minimized that due to talking with others about avoiding such things, and researching, so we can learn all we can about our home on wheels!

This year we have been traveling much more than we have in the past six years.  We stopped work camping at RV parks and are traveling for our business helping to build up the NRVIA RV inspector workforce on the east coast of the United States.  We have been in a different location every few weeks and it has been a blast!

We have discovered that associations we made over the past seven years have helped us to secure reasonable RV park campsites even given traveling in the summer months in the northeast.  Several of our favorites are the KOA value card, the Passport America camping pass, and the Good Sams card.  We have also recently discovered freecampgrounds.com for one or two-night stop overs.  We find this a great way to make a quick stop in an area for little to no cost.  We have also been able to park in friends and families yards which has been wonderful!!

There are a few other things that are really important when enjoying full time RV living!  Be able to get your snail mail and ordering items online that you just can’t get in the areas you may be visiting.

We use Passport America’s mail forwarding service and have been since 2010.  It works well!  As long as we are in a spot for a week or so we can get our mail shipped to us by first class postage for just a few dollars.  We are only required to do this about once a month.  We get most of our important mail electronically, but there are still a few things that need to go to a physical address.

We like to eat as healthfully as we can and in some places we have been the past few months we were not able to get the items that we have enjoyed in other places.  Thank goodness for Amazon, and more importantly Amazon Prime membership!  For $99 a year we get free two-day shipping to whatever location we are at.  It’s awesome!!

We enjoy a pancake mix that is better than most called Pamela’s Baking & Pancake mix.  I was having a craving for some pancakes and we ran out. We could not find the mix in our current location so I ordered it through Amazon on Saturday and I had it on Monday early afternoon.  How cool is that!!  Guess what we had for breakfast the next day?

If it is not available through Amazon Prime, which is rare, I can usually find what I want elsewhere and order it.  The only problem is getting it fast enough so that it arrives before I leave for another destination.  And, sometimes these other websites back order items I have ordered and I don’t get what I need.  So, lately I have just been loyal to Amazon as free two-day shipping gets the job done!

So, in a few days we are off to the Niagara Falls area for a few nights of free camping, and not sure where we will go after that.  We will be in Hershey, PA for a month of September during the Hershey PA RV show, one of the largest in the country, and then teaching an advanced RV inspector class in early October.

From there we are off to Heber Springs, AR to spend time with the awesome folks from Workamper News and the NRVIA.

We are truly blessed to be able to live the life we dreamt of even before Pam and I were married.  Back in the 1980’s we were looking at RV’s and imagining a lifestyle that would encompass being able to travel and enjoy full time RV living.  We had no idea how that would happen.  But, here we are 30 years later and we could not have imagined when we started seven years ago how it would have manifested itself in this way!  RV life is awesome!!

Please leave a comment if we can be of assistance to you as you are considering, or perhaps just starting to enjoy full time RV living!

Blessings,

Howard and Pam

Hello my furry and human followers.  Lindsey here lovin’ Small RV Living with my Weekly Bark Report.  Mom and Dad call our small home on wheels a Winnie-Bagel Aspect. Not sure why.  I know what a bagel is but I thought Winnie was a bear.  A poo bear to be exact.  Hmm.  He must be pretty smelly if he’s made out of poo.  From my point of view our Winnie doesn’t smell so who can figure out humans?

So this week I get to tell you all about small RV living.  (I like to call it our small RoVer.  Kinda cute, huh? Get it, Dog, Rover?  Sometimes I crack myself up.  Baroooo!) At first I had to really get used to Mom and Dad crowding me in bed but I trained them good enuff.  If I push just right I can push mom right off the bed.  That let’s her know who’s the boss of this RV!

Dad takes a little more leg action to push him. There’s a really neato place to help me get up on the bed.  Our other RV didn’t have that.  I have to be first to get dibs on the bed.  If I’m really good I can even get the tv thingy and change channels for them.  I sometimes like to sleep on it just in case the need arises.

Another great thing about small RV living is that we spend a lot of time outdoors enjoying the different places we stop at.  I love that because I always have lots of p-mail to answer!  Also, I get lots of Mom and Dad time. I keep close just in case they need me!

My favoritist thing about our Winne is I get to sits between the seats when we are moving down the road.  Right there by Mom and Dad makin’ sure they are doing everything just right with their hands on that wheel thing. How cool is that?!  

AND playing ring when we are moving is the bestest game every.  They throw it and I bring it back!  Adds a new level to the game.  Just need to tell y’all to be careful to not hit the bed if they round a corner or start up real quick. Stops can send me slidin’ on the floor.  Don’t like that much. I fell down the door steps once or twice and it’s scary.  

With this RV I can look out the door all the time.  Dad thinks he’s so smart putting something on the seat when they are gone but I know if I lay just right I get a clear view out the door window.  All that action going on out there that I missed in that big old Box we used to have.  

Yo, and check out the kitchen. It is so handy for me to be ready for clean up when Mom drops something chopping or hang under the table waiting for my humans to miss their mouth and drop it.  I think this small home was made for all us dogs.  I bet someone with a really cool name like Jack Russell Coachman, Jake-o Von Dash Hund, Chi Chi Huahua Thor (has identity issues) or even Winnie Beagle, Like ours! made these boxes.  Is this heaven?   

There’s this one really big storage place outside in the back.  Mom says Got-He could have left a body in there.  Don’t know this Got-He guy but I know it’s really big back there. Of course all MY stuff goes inside.  My bedroom is always close by just in case I get tired and need a nap or need to be on duty watchin’ the door when mom and dad are gone.  

All toys present and accounted for as well as leash and winnie-the poo bags right at the door for those social activities.  Gotta have your priorities.  Just so cozy for this full-time RVing pup.  What more could a dog ask for?  Toys, sleep, walks, dinner and a movie all close at hand.  I’m so glad Mom and Dad got this for me!  Barooo!

Lindsey Out!  Leave a comment for me if you would like a more personal response back instead of the usual p-mail!

Hello again to all my furry followers. For this week’s Bark Report  I want to talk to y’all about somethin’ I jus learned about called Glamping with Dogs, RV style. I was thinkin’ pretty hard what I could bark at you about this week and suddenly it came to me.  I been pickin’ up sniffs and pees-ess about this everywhere.   For those of you that don’t know what glampin’ is, it’s a way kool way to go kampin’.  Glamour-us Kamping. Baroo! For this RV kampin’ corgi it’s the only way to go. All about goin’ in style. First class.

So your trusty pup reporter is here to tell you about some kool glampin’ we did this past week  It was right on a lake. (Lake means water, which I for one avoid as much as possible. I am not a Labra-dork after all.)  I jest like to sit and look at it from dry dock thank you very much. The view was great.

This kamp was in someplace called  ‘Sconsin.  I think that’s the place. It wasn’t really a big kamp cuz it was just us and the locals but lots of really neato stuff to do!  They had this really really big bed and breakfast house.  It had a s’more-gus-bord on the floor at all times of the day, lots of beds to lay on, a neato hot tub room to catch some rays, kitchen open all day, lots of ball games and rooms galore to explore.  And it was all-inclusive, if you know what I mean.

And there is a private spa by the lake.  One of the locals invited me in. Gees dude!  The water’s freezin’ and he’s layin’ in it.  He was such a dork-boy.  Hot good, cold brrr!   He sez he knows a good place to go roll in the weeds if I was interested. Sorry, but your fish cologne was a bit overpowering for even me.  Plus I’m already interested in someone else.

A course stayin’ at a lake must involve at least one water trip. One day we went to this meetin’ place on the river.  It was really crowded with lots of boats and humans and music and even some other dogs.   All the humans seemed to know each other. I think it mighta been some sorta party.  All were jest standin’ and splashin’ in the water.  I refused to get out cuz I didn’t have my life jacket (and it was wet).  Plus I only know how to dog paddle and it was deep for me.

Yo, yo like check me out!  One day I sneaked the keys to take Dad’s 2 wheel thingy to go out for a spin when they left.  What to my doggy dismay would happen, handles too far for my paws to stand on.  Drat the cat!  It woulda been so kool with the wind in my ears.  Mom said maybe someday we can get a sidecar jest for me.  And of course, I would have to have some Doggles.  Call me kool, jest don’t call me late for dinner.

Every nite we had live entertainment too.  My new friend Leinie was called the sleep singer cuz he did his best singin’ in his sleep.  Purdy good but didn’t know the words too well.  Dude! It was the Beatles!  No wonder he wasn’t gettin’ many Scoobie Snacks in his tip jar. Poor guy.  And he’s gonna be a dad again next month.

Well Mom is a tappin’ her foot at me with that look. I think I’ll just look at the funny palm tree that was growing here and think about my next bark report.

Until next time, 

Lindsey out

Mom Here!  Please be sure to let your fur-kids share their thoughts with Lindsey!  I’ll be sure to give her get time to respond.

Hello my four legged and two legged followers. Lindsey here with my Weekly Bark Report to report on how Corgi Dogs and RVs united at the Middlebury KOA.  As promised I’m here to give you first paw account on Corgi-Palooza that Mz Hope hosted. You are hearin’ it straight from the corgi’s mouth as this reporter was front and center.

I’m a little behind my barkline cuz Mom and Dad were busy last week with Dad’s class and wouldn’t let me use the computer.  Kinda bites but I’m here to tell all about it now. As they say here in Amish country, you are gettin’ it straight from the horseys mouth. Mom says I’m just a pup reporter but I do want to someday update y’all on other doggy events.  This was just getting my paws wet.

All our parents came in RVs with their furry kids. In my opinion, I feel we must have a comfy ride going to these things.  Mom and Dad always sez they likes to travel in style, and be comfort-able. Duh! Well so do we.  It’s all about the ride you know.  How would it look if us dogs showed up in something beneath our stature.  (For corgis that can be tuff since we are short by most dog standards.) I do have to let my humans drive my home because my legs just don’t reach those pedal thingys on the floor. There’s my short stature again. Sorry, rabbit trail.

Back to the Palooza. We had this really kool place by the pond where we could all FRAP together. (That’s corgi-eze for Frequent Random Acts of Play.)  Some of the boyz don’t play too good. Over a stupid ball.  Geez, grow up.  There was a whole package of ballz and they all wanted the same one.  Us girls played cheerleader on the sidelines.  Kiah even had on her KOA yellow cheerleader outfit.

The baby that came really liked the ice pool.  She thought she was queen of the hill until one of the boyz wanted to dig in it.  Not for this corgi.  I spent enuff time in our big house in the mountains.  Had my share of doing my bizness in that cold suff and freezin’ my puppy paws with ice kookies stuck between my toes.  Brrrr!  Makes me want to crawl under a blanket just thinking about it.  Oops. Rabbit trail again.

Mr Kool Koi had his own kissing booth.  Ms Hope said if you wanted a Koi Kiss she would give to somethin’ called KOA Kare Kamps.  I guess it’s for sick small humans.  I just stealed kisses from him whenever I saw him. I think his real name is Koi Bond.  He kisses real good.

BAROOO!  Yo, yo, check me out!  Do I look hot or what?! These outfits were compliments of Kiah’s Kloset. I looked so Kool in my prom dress that a couple a boys came and had their taken picture with me.

After we got to try on stuff there was THE parade.  Strut our stuff for all the non-pet parents to see what they are missing. And after the parade one of the pet parents treated us all to a frozen cookie!  Yummy!  I’m drooling just thinkin’ about it.  Mom said she was her hero.  She has 6 dogs in her pack.  (Hmm, from this reporters ‘spective, I think in MY house one more in my pack would be just fine. Can’t spread the love that thin, unless we get a bigger moving house.)

Anyway, I want y’all to sniff in your pet parents ears to take you to fun stuff like this. Maybe get on doggy FaceBook.  Start your own Dash-Hound Dazes, Pit-Picnics, Westie-Festies, Beagle Beach Day, Poodle-Pride, Scotty-Sunday, Terrier-Tuesday, whatever.  I could come up with all kinds a neat ideas.  We need to stand united on this and let our RVing pet parents know that dogs and RVs work really good together, and how easy it is to take us to neato stuff!. I had such fun that I can’t wait to go cover another doggy event. 

Bark at me below to let this pup-reporter know what’s on the pee-mail circuit out there in your campgrounds.

‘Nuff said.  Happy Tails!

Lindsey out.

My Weekly Bark Report this time is for the Scare Me To Death Day, or better known as July 4 Pets Peeved (Do I need to mention that I really do not look forward to this day every year? Makes me really Peeved. How about y’all?)  Mom and Dad call it a July 4 Cell-e-bray-shun and I do my best to shun it.  All that noise!  How can human ears stand it?  For this dog’s ears it could be half as loud and still be too loud.  Bang, bang, boom.  BAROOO!   Oh the joys of having big ears.

So, my furry followers, I hope the rest of you have found a really good hidey hole for that day.  Among my personal favorites is under the bed as far as I can.  It’s hard to get under a bed in our RV. I’d go under the covers if Mom would let me up on the bed.  She has this dumb fear I’ll jump off and hurt myself. Grow up Mom!

I know when something is up when Mom puts on my Thunder Shirt.  It’s either those stupid exploding stars or a rumbling sky.  Does she think, I’m stoopid to not know somethin’s up?  I wasn’t whelped yesterday ya know.  Gees La-Wheez!  She says it hugs me.  Okay, I’ll buy that.  Kinda feels more like a nice body wrap to trim my girlish figure.  (Does this shirt make my butt look big?)

So yo, check out the parade.  All the little peeplez  followed behind Mz Hope’s car.  Kinda looked like a mini sled dog pack.  And note WHO is leading the pack?  Yep, 4 legged and furry.  You go my furry friends!  Dogs rule, mini people drool.  (I stole that line. My bad.)  Mz Hope did let me drive her nifty little car with my friends after the parade.  Or at least I pretended I was driving.  I can’t reach the pedals to really drive. You know that, right?

Then I got to meet a new friend.  Her mom calls her a conversation peez. (??)  I don’t know what that means. Talking and peeing?   I hope it’s not an insult cuz she’s kinda cute.  Maybe cuz she’s not a true blood?  I don’t care.  She told me you just tolerate the little peeplez cuz they usually are good for a quick snack.  Food can be found all over their face and hands.  Sounds good to me! She should know, she lives here in this park.

Sometimes when I pretend being askared I get these neat little bone treats that Mom says will make me sleepy and be less skared.  Sleepy, my skinny bubble butt.  I hear everything, and I mean EVERYTHING!  Even in a woofing, leg moving, nose twitching sleep.  I don’t know what these little bone treats are s’pose to be but they are mighty tasty. If she’s happy, then my job today is finished.

Well, that’s about all I have to Bark about in this week’s report. Remember to always stay close to your pet parents especially when the big Boom Booms happen. Lots of parents forget us when they are looking up at all those noisy falling stars. Fortunately, my parents just watch it on TV. I love my mom and dad! I think I’ll give them a big puppy kiss for taking care of me so good

Until next time, Lindsey out.

PS – I managed to get under the covers anyway . . . . . . ha ha Baroooo!! . . . . . zzzzzzzzzzzzz!!!