Dying dogs last wish - Road Trip

As previously said, Moab a s looking good (rain/light snow may happen in the next few days tho).

I’m at Zion Natl Patk In SW Utah. I can help out with most details from Bryce Canyon to Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon.

Don’t hesitate to reach out.

Much love to you and the pup!

 

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Concur as sad as this is if you need anything let me/us know

 

i subbed to this just to see the updates and pictures. enjoy your time with her. and remember of your final adventure

 

I just wanna full stop for a minute and admit this is pretty impressive for a guy like me that needs hard checkpoints, and a plan. My head would explode trying to do that!

 

That's a rad trip! Gave you guys an IG follow. I'd love to do even half that sometime.

 

Most Honorable of you OP. Best of luck. Doggo Gods will be smiling down on you!

 

OP, you are one hell of a dog owner!!! We have 6 dogs right now and have lost quite a few in the past. It's never easy but I think this is just an amazing task you are doing for your buddy! Also as suggested get the dog CBD oil to help with the pain. I have a 16 year old def/blind/arthritis dog that wasn't doing too good and we thought it might be time. Got her on CBD oil (No THC) and pills to help her joints out. She's doing great, moves awesome and we aren't even thinking about sending her off to the rainbow bridge anymore. Just night and day difference, hope it can help your fur baby.

Safe Travels!

Edit: Also as it's been said, check out the AZBS thread. We are scattered all over and most of us are dog people. I know that anyone in the AZBS thread will be willing to lend a hand where they can.

 

Being close to Great Danes my self. (My sister has 3 currently, a member here has 2 of her puppies and I'm waiting for the next litter for one of my own) I'm sorry to see you will be saying good bye....However, The Arizona group is almost all dog people, those who aren't sure understand. We are spread from the northern parts of flagstaff and Williams all the way down south to Tucson. Let the AZBS thread know if you're going to be that way and have any questions.

Sedona is Beautiful, not a bad place to stay in the whole place. Close to Jerome and a short drive from Prescott(1.5 hours-ish) Check out the lakes in Prescott with pretty impressive scenery. Sedona is red rock and pine trees kind of all mixed into one. Bearizona is cool in flagstaff.

I'm going to MOAB next week(3-29 to 4-2) to do some good wheeling. If youre there that night maybe we can get dinner and get that pup a nice treat on us. PM me if you need anything, it goes to my phone.

 

Sorry, I wish I had the chance to reply to everyone, but I do want to thank you all for taking the time to reply. We’ve been pretty much full steam ahead since Friday and the roaming services are spotty at best.

We hit the road as planned on Friday. Did close to 1000kms (600 miles) and ended up south of Helena at a free year round campground.





This happened on the way. Yes it’s kilometers but still...



Some road side stops.






It was a chilly first night, but we managed.



Day 2 we pushed hard to get as far south as possible hoping for some warmer conditions. We made some stops in Butte and Idaho Falls and ended up spending the night in a Walmart outside SLC.

The sleeping conditions.



Today we made it to Moab, opted for a motel as we had spent pretty much 48 plus straight hours in the 4Runner.

We had a great day today, explored the Gemini Bridges and Dead Horse Point. Photos to come!

 

On your way back up take highway 1(pch) up California. Some very beautiful sights to see. Best wishes to you three on your adventure. Very honorable of you to do that for your loved girl. Sorry to hear about her situation.

 

This is so awesome, definitely felt this one in the heart box. Wishing you guys the best on your trip!

 

Just a few hours south in Zion. If you need hot showers and a home cooked meal, holler!

 

Okay, that is going to drive me nuts. Why on earth did you not go to AZ at any point in 16 months? That's insane.

 

Totally missed all of souther Utah and ALL of Nevada. Theres lots of cool stuff going on in all these places.

 

This is hilarious. I appreciate the call-out and I agree 100%. SO MUCH room for activities there.

This map is only from our time strictly living in our truck. We have done many southwest trips over the years while living in Colorado, Utah, and California with the camper, but didn't want to just put everywhere we've traveled on the map, as it didn't track our movement for this one consecutive trip.

 

Here’s some of the photos from our first day in Moab

 

Sorry to hear that. It's really great what yall are doing. No matter where the trip is I'm sure yall three will enjoy it.

 

Did you use a timer on #6 or is your dog good at photography? Heated blankets also work well under you and don't move around as much. I like the funny faces. We ended up returning some ashes to our dogs favorite places, more crying but some closure too.

 

A few more, we ventured around Hurrah Pass, made it too the pass but didn’t go any further, then we camped at Willows Springs.

Today we spent some time at Arches National Park before making our way to Page, Az.

Not really sure where we are heading from here, maybe the Grand Canyon and then off to Nevada.