Category: Travel Tips
Checklists, packing guides, planning tips, and travel resources.
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Pet-Friendly Things to Do Near Charleston, SC
We spend a lot of time exploring Charleston and the surrounding Lowcountry with our Miniature Schnauzer, Angel. One thing we’ve learned is that Charleston works especially well with a dog when we don’t try to fit too much into one…
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Our Favorite Mountain Cabin Amenities
Mountain cabin getaways are some of our favorite trips to take as a family. We stay in mountain cabins often, especially when we’re heading to the Blue Ridge Mountains and other mountain destinations in the Carolinas. Over the years, we’ve…
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Camping With a Miniature Schnauzer: Lessons We’ve Learned
Introduction Camping has become one of our favorite ways to travel as a family. Whether we’re spending a weekend in the mountains, exploring a new campground, or relaxing outside our travel trailer, our female Miniature Schnauzer is always part of…
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Dog-Friendly Things to Do in Florence, SC
Florence, South Carolina, has become one of those places we appreciate for a different reason than many of our larger travel destinations. We don’t think of Florence as a place where we need to rush from one major attraction to…
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Pet-Friendly Stops Along I-26
Interstate 26 has become one of the highways we know best. Living in South Carolina and frequently traveling to the mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee, we’ve spent countless hours driving this route with our daughter and our miniature schnauzer.…
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Dog-Friendly Things to Do in Myrtle Beach, SC
Myrtle Beach is one of the destinations where our experience traveling with Angel turned out very differently from what we expected. There are certainly beaches, outdoor attractions, parks, restaurants, vacation rentals, and other places around the Grand Strand where families…
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15 Things We Always Pack for Camping With Our Schnauzer
One of our favorite ways to travel as a family is camping with our travel trailer and our Miniature Schnauzer. Whether we’re heading to the mountains for a long weekend or spending a week exploring a new campground, having the…
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How We Pack for a Week in a Cabin With Our Schnauzer
Few vacations make us happier than loading up the SUV and heading to the mountains with our Miniature Schnauzer. Over the years, we’ve stayed in vacation rentals throughout the Blue Ridge Mountains, Banner Elk, Boone, Beech Mountain, and other mountain…
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Family Road Trip Packing Checklist: Everything We Bring for Stress-Free Travel
Road trips are one of our favorite ways to travel as a family, but packing for them has become much more organized than it used to be. We learned why after forgetting things that were much more important than an…
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First-Time RV Camping Checklist: What Our First Trips Taught Us
Our first travel-trailer camping trips taught us something a packing list never could: the small things are often what change your routine the most. We went into those early trips trying to think of everything. We checked lists, packed the…