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FirstTracks
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Feb 15, 2019

Video: RV camping with dogs

According to a survey conducted by the Recreational Vehicle Industries Association (RVIA), 61% of us go RVing with our four-legged companions. After an entire season on the road in 2018, in our latest episode we've assembled our tricks and tips for traveling in your RV with your dog:

https://youtu.be/OtGAkXXryk8
  • FirstTracks's avatar
    FirstTracks
    Explorer
    Feb 16, 2019
    azdryheat wrote:
    Are you trying to make some $$ from us with your videos?


    Of course we do earn some ad revenue through our videos, as nearly all YouTube creators do. That won't shock anybody. However, it's truly a pittance and therefore it's not our motivator. We simply love creating RV-related videos and sharing them -- it marries two of our favorite hobbies, RV'ing and photography.
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    dewey02
    Explorer II
    Feb 16, 2019
    Maybe that statistic is accurate, but I doubt it.
    Have been camping for years, and unless people have truly silent dogs that never leave their camper even to defecate, I have seen nowhere near 3/5ths of campers having dogs along with them.
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    richclover
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    Feb 16, 2019
    FirstTracks wrote:
    According to a survey conducted by the Recreational Vehicle Industries Association (RVIA), 61% of us go RVing with our four-legged companions. After an entire season on the road in 2018, in our latest episode we've assembled our tricks and tips for traveling in your RV with your dog:

    https://youtu.be/OtGAkXXryk8


    Thanks for the link. Good tips. We’ve been boondocking with our dogs for years and will do an extended road trip this summer.

    We are very familiar with the Mirror Lake scenic highway ;)
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    FirstTracks
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    Feb 17, 2019
    richclover wrote:
    Thanks for the link. Good tips. We’ve been boondocking with our dogs for years and will do an extended road trip this summer.

    We are very familiar with the Mirror Lake scenic highway ;)


    Fantastic for you, congrats! Love the MLH, gorgeous up there. For RV boondocking in the Uintas, though, we much prefer the northern slope accessible from your home state -- many more options, and many fewer people. Have you checked out Lyman Lake?
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    richclover
    Explorer
    Feb 17, 2019
    FirstTracks wrote:
    richclover wrote:
    Thanks for the link. Good tips. We’ve been boondocking with our dogs for years and will do an extended road trip this summer.

    We are very familiar with the Mirror Lake scenic highway ;)


    Fantastic for you, congrats! Love the MLH, gorgeous up there. For RV boondocking in the Uintas, though, we much prefer the northern slope accessible from your home state -- many more options, and many fewer people. Have you checked out Lyman Lake?


    Haven't been to Lyman Lake ... Yet. I see it on the North Slope Road, west of the Meeks Cabin Road. We'll give it a look see as soon as the snow melts and the mud dries. Might be late June this year!

    Here's the pups having a race across the very wet meadow, Hayden Fork creek, while camped along Hwy 150.



    One of our favorite photo spots along the Ruth Lake trail. Bourbon Lake is another favorite trail hike. During our first camp, week after Memorial Day. Lots of snow left with ice still on both lakes.

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    FirstTracks
    Explorer
    Feb 17, 2019
    Here's Lyman Lake mid-June 2017:









    And here are some of my favorite pics of skiing with the pups off UT-150 at Bald Mountain Pass over the Memorial Day Weekend 2017:








    Yup, they just bounded down that same line down Murdock Mountain in the background that we did.

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    richclover
    Explorer
    Feb 17, 2019
    Great photos, thanks for sharing!

    Next time you go to Lyman Lake there may be one more rig there ;)
  • FirstTracks's avatar
    FirstTracks
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    Feb 17, 2019
    richclover wrote:
    Great photos, thanks for sharing!

    Next time you go to Lyman Lake there may be one more rig there ;)


    LOL!
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    DOTLDaddy
    Nomad
    Feb 18, 2019
    dewey02 wrote:
    Maybe that statistic is accurate, but I doubt it.
    Have been camping for years, and unless people have truly silent dogs that never leave their camper even to defecate, I have seen nowhere near 3/5ths of campers having dogs along with them.

    Interesting observation. My observation is that the percentage of campers with dogs may be even higher than 60%

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