LilithBegonias
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Hey y'all! Long time lurker, New posting to STP. Long time outdoorsperson and traveler, but new to the actual "traveler" scene.
I need some info a/o opinions. My buddy and I are currently prepping for an upcoming trip. Sometime in the next 4-8 months we will be dropping out of life and hitting the road in a van we're reconfiguring. We plan to rubber tramp our way for at least 6 months. Probably a lot longer, eventually leaving the ride behind for periods of time hiking, traveling and camping... and probably, eeventually, bummimg around. We are budgeting to stay in a hotel or camp site once a week if we need to for the first 6 months but will be mostly camping. We both have pets that we would normally take with us to travel. 2 dogs. But since we will be in a car and won't have another place to take them except for when we have a motel room, we can't decide if we should leave them home this time? Like, what would we do with them if we both needed to go somewhere and couldn't take them with us? For example, we plan to volunteer at a lot of music festivals where we would be able to have pets at the camp site with our van but wouldn't be able to bring them inside the concert grounds during our volunteer shifts lr to see shows. Both dogs are incredibly well-trained and would be fine on their own from a discipline POV but not only would we never leave them for a long time without everything they need (including attention) it would be against the law in a lot of places to leave them unattended, especially out in the boonies where most camp sites are.
What type of resources exist for taking care of road doggies when their humans are temporarily unable to house them? If we have to, we could probably delay our trip a few months and that would allow us to be able to afford boarding in kennels, but that is not exactly ideal for a whole variety of reasons. Any tips or info would be appreciated.
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Jude
I need some info a/o opinions. My buddy and I are currently prepping for an upcoming trip. Sometime in the next 4-8 months we will be dropping out of life and hitting the road in a van we're reconfiguring. We plan to rubber tramp our way for at least 6 months. Probably a lot longer, eventually leaving the ride behind for periods of time hiking, traveling and camping... and probably, eeventually, bummimg around. We are budgeting to stay in a hotel or camp site once a week if we need to for the first 6 months but will be mostly camping. We both have pets that we would normally take with us to travel. 2 dogs. But since we will be in a car and won't have another place to take them except for when we have a motel room, we can't decide if we should leave them home this time? Like, what would we do with them if we both needed to go somewhere and couldn't take them with us? For example, we plan to volunteer at a lot of music festivals where we would be able to have pets at the camp site with our van but wouldn't be able to bring them inside the concert grounds during our volunteer shifts lr to see shows. Both dogs are incredibly well-trained and would be fine on their own from a discipline POV but not only would we never leave them for a long time without everything they need (including attention) it would be against the law in a lot of places to leave them unattended, especially out in the boonies where most camp sites are.
What type of resources exist for taking care of road doggies when their humans are temporarily unable to house them? If we have to, we could probably delay our trip a few months and that would allow us to be able to afford boarding in kennels, but that is not exactly ideal for a whole variety of reasons. Any tips or info would be appreciated.
<3
Jude