The #findadventure campaign has got legs! The four-legged kind! Do you enjoy traveling with your pets? Taking a canine companion along is one creative way to mix it up, keep the family together and add a different kind of adventure to your travel!
Our goal with the find adventure challenge was to inspire everyone to be creative and think outside the box, try new things and travel new places. To find adventure! We created #findadventure stickers to take with you as you find adventure in your life.
Our friends Eric and Edie took the campaign in a fun direction by including their pets on their to coast to coast drive to Southern California.
See how our pets can #findadventure too!
Edie and Eric took their two dogs, Diesel and Riley on a road trip across the United States from South Carolina all the way to Southern California. To add some more fun to this mix, they chose to include their dogs on their photographic adventure. Diesel their labrador, even has his own Instagram account and over 1,000 followers! You can find him @dieselthechocolatelab
Here are a few of their photos from the four legged adventure!
Edie shares her thoughts about the pet-friendly accommodations on their road trip:
On our way out…we departed Greenville, South Carolina on September 6th, stayed in Memphis and Dallas and arrived in Orange County on September 9th. We planned to stay in Santa Fe after Dallas however, our beagle Riley was sick and not doing well so we drove straight through from Dallas. The hotel in Memphis was not worth mentioning (it was a pet-friendly Marriott hotel in downtown Memphis) and we stayed at the Kimpton Hotel Lumen in Dallas on the way to California.
Thank you to Edie and Eric for sharing their inspiring cross country road trip with their canine companions. As clever and creative pet owners, they turned what could have been a long and exhausting trip into a successful pet friendly adventure. Diesel is such great role model and most certainly on his way to fame and fortune too!
Have your traveled with your pets?
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I love traveling with my dogs. Really need a pet friendly hotel to do it though. But it’s fun to have them along.
I have not traveled yet with Rocco – only little day trips. I think these pet-friendly hotels look amazing!
Wow, great pics….your dog is a star!
Noel – isn’t he the cutest!
Not being much of a pet person I still get a tickle about all that’s involved in traveling with your ‘best friends.’ Just attended a talk by travel writer, Maggie Espinosa, who wrote about the Pampered Pooch on the road in California. Fun stuff.
I have just recently become a “dog person” – I am not sure if my husband is ready to travel with my 18 month old dog.
We loved traveling with our elderly Little Daisy, who had her own Facebook page with adoring fans. The House of Blues hotel in Chicago was her favorite stop, where she was greeted by name like royalty (we were merely chopped liver), given a silver bowl of dog biscuits upon arrival in the room, and welcomed to sit at the bar. She has since passed on and we really, really miss her. We met a lot of fun people because Daisy was just so darn cute. I was sorry to see that Riley passed away on this trip. Diesel looks like a real character. I’m off to follow him on Instagram. 🙂
Thank you Betsy – I am sorry about Daisy. Isn’t it fun how easy it is to meet people when you have a friendly dog? Rocco and I meet people all of the time! The House of Blues sounds like a great pet-friendly hotel.
It’s become easier with more hotels becoming pet-friendly! Of course, the cost of traveling with pets on planes can be prohibitive.
Irene – I can’t imagine flying with an animal. I have noticed that a lot more hotels welcome dogs. Its a strange feeling getting into an elevator with one!
Sweet post, having a dog is one thing we look forward to when we finally settle down.
You are still the traveling couple! You can play with your friend’s dogs for now. I would rent Rocco for a day or so! LOL!
I don’t have pets myself but I can see that this is a great way of travelling without leaving them behind. And those dogs did seem to be having a wonderful time!
I have just recently come to “the other side” and have become a dog person! I have not yet traveled with my puppy – He is too wild!
We’ve talked about driving across the US at some point since there are so many amazing places we’ve yet to visit. Looks like your friends had a great time along with their canine companions!.
I don’t think I could sit still in a car for that long! I am not a good car traveler!
We’ve done a few several day driving trips with dogs, but mostly to get from point a to point b. We didn’t stop for sight-seeing or adventures along the way. Pet-friendly hotels are so important. it was also nice to discover some pet-friendly restaurants. It is usually a patio area that is pet-friendly, so they are an option in cold or inclement weather.
Wow Donna, I never thought about pet friendly restaurants too!
I felt like I just went on a little journey! Their dogs are so photogenic! Lol But sad news about sweet Riley.. 🙁
Kim weren’t the photos precious! You can’t help but smile!
I have zero interest in traveling with a pet, but your story does make it sound like fun. My pet of choice, however, is a cat, and I don’t think I’ll want to travel with a cat any time soon. I do have a friend who has traveled cross country in a car several times with TWO cats and a litter box so I know it can be done, but count me out! 🙂
I forgot to mention this novel way to travel with a dog in Kauai by checking one out from an animal shelter, http://travelswithcarole.blogspot.com/2014/11/things-to-do-borrow-dog-from-kauai.html
Dog food can be essential and must be offered
together with water during stops.
Thanks for the reminder!