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Spent a week in Seattle with Pepper 🐾 Here are Spent a week in Seattle with Pepper 🐾
Here are a few photos from our Seattle dog walks—circling Green Lake, mornings at Lake Ballinger, the dog beach in Edmonds, and wandering Queen Anne for the views. Pepper even met her twin at the beach and spent time with her new buddy, Joey. Seattle is such a dog friendly city, with no shortage of long walks and PNW dog adventures. Pepper was more than happy to help me explore them all. 🖤 

#Seattle #GreenLakeSeattle #EdmondsBeach #PNWAdventures #DogFriendlyTravel #AdventureDog #TravelWithDogs
Forest Park adventure with Pepper in Portland, Ore Forest Park adventure with Pepper in Portland, Oregon 🌲🐾
We started at the bottom at Lower Macleay Park and hiked all the way up to the Pittock Mansion. It started out along a creek and ended at the top with mansion views and a sweeping look out over Portland. Not a bad way to spend a morning with my favorite hiking buddy. 🖤 

#ForestPark #LowerMacleayTrail #PittockMansion #PortlandOregon #PacificNorthwest #HikingTrails #UrbanHike #AdventureDog
A few photos from wandering around Portland from e A few photos from wandering around Portland from exploring  downtown and a hike through Forest Park up to the Pittock Mansion. It was pretty nice to be able to go from city streets to lush trails in no time at all. 

#PortlandOregon #PittockMansion #ForestPark #roadtrip
Wandering through Portland neighborhoods with Ever Wandering through Portland neighborhoods with Everclear as the soundtrack just felt right. 🌿✨ 

Pepper and I spent a lot of time walking around neighborhoods in Portland, Oregon. Here is a glimpse at some of the adorable bungalows, flowers, and greenery everywhere. Pepper has her shining moment taking a typical break at the end. 

Most of the clips are from Ladd Circle and Rose City Park neighborhoods. 

#PortlandOregon #PDXLife #PortlandNeighborhoods #LaddCircle #RoseCityPark #dogwalk
First stop on the road trip: Bend, Oregon! 🌲 🐾
We spent a couple of nights here—it was a little smoky, but still such a great visit.  I knew almost nothing about Bend before arriving, and I was pleasantly surprised by how much I liked it.

We stayed with friends, which made it extra special. Pepper even got to hang out with her buddy Scully.  We went on some dog-friendly adventures like hiking trails and splashing around in the Deschutes River.  I also did a few less dog friendly things like a hot tub soak at McMenamins, beer tasting at Bend Brewing Company, and a little downtown shopping.

Definitely a fun first stop to kick off the month-long road trip north! 

#BendOregon #DeschutesRiver #CentralOregon #BendBrewing #McMenamins #PNWroadtrip #dogtravel 
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Heading north out of San Francisco to start a mont Heading north out of San Francisco to start a month-long road trip 🌲🚗 I planned some short stops along the way to squeeze in some walks on long driving days.  First stop: the Sundial Bridge in Redding. I’ve seen Calatrava’s bridges in Seville, Venice, and Bilbao, but somehow this was my first time visiting the one just a few hours from home. Like the others, it’s stunning in person. Some of the pedestrian bridges have glass walkways and have had to adapt over time (a bit too slippery!), so it was interesting to see the differences up close.

This walkway is glass + metal, and what I didn’t expect was just how hot the metal would be in the summer sun—too hot for Pepper’s paws 🐾🔥 So, no full walk across this time. I’ll have to come back on a cooler day.  It is definitely  worth checking out of you are headed up I-5, just off the highway and there is a park and bathrooms so it made for a good rest stop. 

Next stop was a quick stretch in Klamath Falls on the Link River Trail. Fun fact: despite the name, there are no actual falls in Klamath Falls! 

#roadtrip #TravelWithDogs #DogFriendlyTravel #SundialBridge #CalatravaBridge #LinkRiverTrail #klamathfalls
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