Day 2 and 3 San Francisco to Grant pass

Spent the day visiting #family in San Francisco some 📸 pictures from the day. Day 2

First a walk

They across the Bay Bridge

Stopped to visit my Uncle

Getting ready for bed

Day 3 

Heading to the next stop to get to our earthdog event

Dinner @

Then night night 🌙 at Motel 6 in Grant Pass

Good night

Starting another Grand Adventure - traveling with our dogs - 2022

 

On this trip, we should make about 8,000 miles and complete our US state visits. 

Initially in 2018 did a 9,000-mile trip in a bongo buggy (kind of like a conversion van) visiting well know landmarks with our dogs. 

You can see that trip and photo starting at https://www.facebook.com/MilaMiesner use the back arrow or https://www.facebook.com/saved/?list_id=564287392369338&referrer=SAVE_DASHBOARD_NAVIGATION_PANEL

That one was tracked mainly on Facebook but some of the photos are here on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/milamiesner/saved/2018-trip/17995708618552356/

We also did an interesting Buda wiener dog trip I blogged here https://doxie86.blogspot.com/2016/05/adventure-on-our-road-trip-to-wiener.html

 This time we will be going by Jeep and staying at hotels plus entering a variety of Dachshund events in several states.

Earthdog test with the Puget Sound Earthdog Club 

Saturday and Sunday, October 22&23 in Rochester, WA

Hunting Performance Test 

Monday, October 24, 2022, Sponsored by the Basset Hound Club of Greater Seattle and Basset Hound Club of Whidbey Island in Castle Rock, Washington  

When there we want to run a pack but all the other entries are bassets. We still need two more dachshunds if anyone is interested in joining us. If not, we will run it as a brace. 

Then on to North Dakota. From there we drop down to Little Rock Arkansas for 2 more states on our list to visit. 

 An Earthdog Test – in Huntsville Alabama Saturday and Sunday, November 5 & 6 

From there Frankfort Kentucky and West Virginia rounding out our 50-state list and yes, we have been to Alaska and Hawaii just not with the dogs.

Then we head up to Field Trials in Portland, Indiana for a 4-day event. 

From there we are heading to Jeeps breeders house in Michigan to see what dogs she has so Jeep can visit with family

Then we start our trek back home so we can arrive there before Thanksgiving.

We have some interesting stops If the weather holds. So come with us on this journey. We should get some good photos of interesting places; we will rate the hotels we have chosen (even the teepee we booked) and share our adventures.

 

This was a massive undertaking in planning this trip, especially with trying to get back home by thanksgiving so here are a few of the tools I used. 

Dog                                                                                       

                Activities              https://www.bringfido.com/

                Hotels                   https://www.tripswithpets.com

 

     Blogs                   https://www.gopetfriendly.com/            

                                              https://dogfriendly.com/                           

     Discount              https://zipgate.aaa.com/                                                            

sights to see on our route      https://roadtrippers.com/                          

Distance to stop                     https://triptik.aaa.com/               

Mass times                            https://masstimes.org/

 

We didn’t use these this time but if you are camping these are also good

Camping                                                                                                             

                                https://www.campendium.com

                                https://freecampsites.net/                         

                                https://www.recreation.gov/                                    

                                https://www.nationalparkreservations.com/      

Adventure to Wiener Dog Races in Buda, Texas. then home - Day 9 & 10

Adventure to Wiener Dog Races in Buda, Texas. then home - Day 9 & 10

Devils Bridge To London Bridge

Walking on the Main trail used by 4-wheal vehicles.	Ezri kept wanting to see if there were critters off the trail   and she ended up with a cactus quill  in her face. It did not seem to faze her.  Mom pulled it out and she went right back to trying  to sniff the cactus.
Looking up from underneath.	Photo Op - did not have to climb this to get there.
	ß We had to climb this. It was a little steep and mom gave me a lift once and awhile but it was fun! It is described as extreme vertical steepness hushed the exhausted tourists. The final portion of this actual trail is equivalent to climbing about 50 flights of stairs. In fact, much of the latter part of the trail was flat red rocks very similar to that of a winding staircase.
	Dad on Bridge
Here we are with Mom on the Bridge. Mom had to hold back silly Ezri she wanted to take a look over the edge

We Hiked in on the dry creek for the 4 wheel drive vehicles.  So we decided to hike out on the Chuck Wagon Trail as an Alternate Route  from Devil’s Bridge. It was a lot longer than we thought and mom was sure we were lost.

When we finally made it back to our car it was

 on to the Grand Canyon

The Weather took a turn ......

On our drive up to the Grand Canyon Mom texted this picture to Christa. It is snowing!	Being San Diegans and all we had never experienced snow. A fact a little kid pointed out to us who commented on the clothing we were wearing. He was from Back East.
Our Gear	No View
So we decided to go for hot chocolate. Saw this statue on the way
after the hot chocolate we decided to drive along the canyon rim. Mom decide to take one more look ....	The sun finally brook through
	It was still cold!
	Mom Got some good pictures!
the reason he is giving us this look is because Ezri is loudly barking at her.	On the way out of The Grand Canyon we spotted some Elk

We stayed for the night at a route 66 motel

We decided to drive route 66 on our way to London Bridge Hoping to catch a few sights along the way.........


the first stop was supposed to be The Caverns Inn .There was also going to be a cute town and mom wanted to checkout the  hotel in a cave.

But all the things that were to be right along our route were elusive. This part of the trip Mom did not plan very well.

We ended up in Peach Spring at a rest stop and then pressed on.


We were suppose to see the sky bridge over the grand canyon but the map seemed to just lead us to nowhere.  The Cell Service also was intermittent at best. So with no specific directions we were flying blind.

 When we arrived at Dolan Springs we found a route to take us there.
Then Dad found out it was another 2 hours away and we would not be able to go out on the bridge together so we ditched that idea.


 we pressed on to London Bridge.

 I guess Mom will have to map it better next time.

This was the standard view on our route 66 drive.

We finally made it to London Bridge and boy was it hot. The canal was lined with boats with people juts hanging out. Kind of like the beach but with boats. 

    We left London Bridge and headed off again towards home.

Getting tired, on a lone road through empty farms, mom spots a little store

Mac's Bait and General Store 80 Ben Hulse Hwy, Palo Verde, CA 92266

 So we made a stop along our road in the middle of nowhere.

Mom went in and bought an energy drink and used the restroom. When she comes out she finds dad handing out pawdagraps and telling stories of the movie and our trip to about 5 people. I guess there are dachshund fans everywhere.

Well we got back on the road and came across these giant sand dunes.

Here is an Aerial view.

I never knew this was out there.  

Well other than that, that is the end of my story 

.... So on to my next adventure.