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Willow Springs Canyon
Early morning hikes are rough especially in the winter the sun comes up later, you don’t want to leave the comfort of your nice warm bed. But once you get out there and see the sun rise and kiss the mountains and turn them pink its totally worth it. Yesterday […]

Willow Springs Canyon


Sheba and Goose can hardly contain their excitement for the Smoked Oxtails
  My Dusty Desert Dogs love chews but I am very picky on the chews I choose! Lots of dog chews are made with tons of preservatives and additives. I have had some bad experiences in the past with other companies and their dog chews, they caused my dogs to have […]

Raw Paws Pet Food - Chews



Monument Canyon 2
Monument Canyon Trail You know you had a awesome hike when your trail food is delicious and the company is even better! Kaite and I took our Dusty Desert Dogs Chipper, Quinci, and Goose on a hike to Monument Canyon yesterday morning. It was particularly warm this morning as the […]

Monument Canyon


wave cave
Trail Name: Wave cave Directions to Cave from trail head: Carney Spring trail head hike towards the NW along a old road bed about a mile to a fence line that makes the Superstition Wilderness, continue about a quarter of a mile of hiking this trail then on the left hand […]

Wave Cave



Just being a Mountain Goat
  The Broadway Cave, now I had no idea the Superstition Wilderness had so many caves and this one is relatively close to the town of Apache Junction, AZ. It was a quick drive over, I met up with my friend Kandace and her pup Hope at the trail head. […]

Broadway Cave


Goose is so excited to have his Peanut butter TurboPUP bar!
Hiking, Swimming, Running, Mountain Bike rides! Sounds like a lot of fun until you tummy starts rumbling and you start to fatigue. Don’t worry you have a power bar or a sandwich in your pack! But wait, if your like us and Hike, Swim. Run and Mountain Bike ride with your […]

Fuel For Desert Dogs



Goose using Barktastic travel bowl on our Hike to Broadway Cave. 2
Travel Dog Bowl From Barktastic Goose and I were recently asked from Barktasic to review their travel dog bowl. We took it on our hikes, bike rides and walks and it was very portable and compact. I liked how the bowl was easy to open and close. It fit great in […]

Barktastic


chilly evenings
Fall has finally arrived here in the desert and that means it is finally cool enough for evenings spent by the fire pit. Sitting down and reflecting on the day with my family is the best way i could ever think of ending any day. We don’t always talk sometimes […]

Chilly Evenings



Frisbee
Sometimes after all the hikes and all the excitement it eventually catches up with you. Oh and having a 7 year old daughter that brings home a bunch of elementary school germs so that doesn’t help either. If you haven’t guessed, I’m sick… head cold sick with the works… boogies, […]

Sick day


Flatiron 2
I could hardly sleep Tuesday night, I was so excited about the hike that was planned for Wednesday. My friends and I planned to hike Siphon Draw Trail #53 all the way to Flatiron! This hike is one I have been dreaming about, and I was so excited to experience […]

Flatiron!