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  • Chicago

    If you enjoy this blog, please consider donating to Furever Friendz, Inc., the Spring Hill shelter where we found Cleo. Please adopt, don’t shop when you are ready to bring a new pet into your family. Day # 7. Not sure when… Continue reading

  • Breakdown in Gary, Indiana

    About forty miles from my friend Michelle’s house in Berwyn, Illinois, I hear a noise I can’t identify. The driving has been intense. At one point I entered a highway exchange to discover the next exit on my GPS-guided path… Continue reading

  • Flying J Travel Center

    Last night we boondocked at the Flying J Travel Center in Brookville, PA. Spending an extra day with Janice to fully explore her biogas research project meant I’d need to improvise our travel schedule. We are expected at a friend’s… Continue reading

  • Janice Kelsey’s USDA-funded biogas research

    If you enjoy this blog, please consider donating to Furever Friendz, Inc. Adopt don’t shop! This is the Spring Hill shelter where we found Cleo. Spending the last two days’ RV camping in Janice’s driveway at her lovely home in Pennsylvania has… Continue reading

  • Jackie & Tom’s Boondockers Welcome

    Boondockers Welcome is a network of people offering their residential property for RV travelers needing an overnight spot to rest. The original plan had been for us to be on a regenerative heritage cattle farm in Maryland on this third… Continue reading

  • Uwharrie Vineyards & Audubon Bird Sanctuary

    If you enjoy this blog, please consider donating to Furever Friendz, Inc. Adopt don’t shop! This is the Spring Hill shelter where we found Cleo. We rolled into Uwharrie Vineyards late Saturday, dog-tired after our second day of driving. There was a… Continue reading

  • Jekyll Island

    If you enjoy this blog and are able, please donate to Furever Friendz, the Spring Hill shelter where we found Cleo, to support rescue over the purchase of pets. I’m not going to mince words. Day #1 was exhausting. To name a… Continue reading

  • All the things

    Peanut butter. Olives. Green, the ones stuffed with jalapeno, the ones with blue cheese, and the garlic ones. And kalamata. Parmesan cheese. Goat cheese. Feta cheese. Five boxes of gourmet cracker mix. Cured Italian meat assortment from Aldi. A couple… Continue reading

    All the things
  • Debra to the Rescue

    Jaclyn Clougher, Director, Furever Friends, Inc. Continue reading

    Debra to the Rescue
  • Cleo’s confidence

    Cleo is aptly named for Queen Cleopatra. She has the regal posture of a dog who masters her environment. She’s inscrutable. You only know what Cleo is thinking when she decides to act. When she came to us from the… Continue reading