The Ultimate Pet Friendly Road Trip: A Guide to the #1 Pet Friendly Attraction in 48 States & Washington D.C.

by Amy Burkert, Amy Sly (Designed by)

Overview

It's a pet lover's bucket list, an inspiration, a guide, a collection of treasured memories!

From California's Carmel beach to the top of Cadillac Mountain in Maine's Acadia National Park, discover the best America has to offer you and your furry travel companion.

With practical tips and advice, and more than 200 breathtaking photos, you'll feel like you have a personal tour guide to the top 49 pet friendly attractions in the United States. Use the suggested itineraries, or plan your own route to a lifetime of unforgettable experiences with your pet.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780692139738
Publisher:	Gopetfriendly.com
Publication date:	06/29/2018
Pages:	214
Sales rank:	722,536
Product dimensions:	11.00(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

Amy Burkert is the founder of GoPetFriendly.com, a resource that makes it easy to plan trips with pets. In 2010, she and her husband, Rod, and their two dogs, Ty and Buster, chucked their former life and moved into a motorhome. Since then, they've enjoy exploring America's highways and byways together, searching out pet friendly destinations and sharing their travels on the Take Paws blog.

Table of Contents

1. CALIFORNIA: CARMEL BEACH

2. NEVADA: RED ROCK CANYON

3. ARIZONA: THE GRAND CANYON

4. NEW MEXICO: WHITE SANDS NATIONAL MONUMENT

5. TEXAS: SAN ANTONIO RIVER WALK

6. OKLAHOMA: WICHITA MOUNTAINS WILDLIFE REFUGE

7. ARKANSAS: BUFFALO NATIONAL RIVER

8. TENNESSEE: SHELBY FARMS PARK

9. ALABAMA: LITTLE RIVER CANYON

10. GEORGIA: ROCK CITY GARDENS

11. MISSISSIPPI: NATCHEZ TRACE PARKWAY

12. LOUISIANA: STATE CAPITOL GROUNDS

13. FLORIDA: FORT DE SOTO PARK & DOG BEACH

14. SOUTH CAROLINA: MAGNOLIA PLANTATION & GARDENS

15. NORTH CAROLINA: BILTMORE ESTATE

16. VIRGINIA: COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG

17. WASHINGTON D.C.: THE NATIONAL MALL

18. MARYLAND: CHESAPEAKE BAY

19. DELAWARE: HISTORIC NEW CASTLE

20. NEW JERSEY: WILDWOOD DOG BEACH

21. NEW YORK: CENTRAL PARK

22. CONNECTICUT: MYSTIC SEAPORT

23. RHODE ISLAND: NEWPORT CLIFFWALK

24. MASSACHUSETTS: THE FREEDOM TRAIL

25. MAINE: ACADIA NATIONAL PARK

26. NEW HAMPSHIRE: MOUNT WASHINGTON

27. VERMONT: DOG MOUNTAIN

28. PENNSYLVANIA: LEHIGH GORGE SCENIC RAILWAY

29. WEST VIRGINIA: MONONGAHELA NATIONAL FOREST

30. OHIO: THE HOLDEN ARBORETUM

31. KENTUCKY: ABRAHAM LINCOLN BIRTHPLACE & BOYHOOD HOME

32. MISSOURI: GATEWAY ARCH PARK

33. ILLINOIS: LAKEFRONT TRAIL & NAVY PIER

34. INDIANA: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE

35. MICHIGAN: MACKINAC ISLAND

36. MINNESOTA: SPLIT ROCK LIGHTHOUSE STATE PARK

37. WISCONSIN: TREMPEALEAU NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE

38. IOWA: EFFIGY MOUNDS NATIONAL MONUMENT

39. NORTH DAKOTA: KNIFE RIVER INDIAN VILLAGES

40. SOUTH DAKOTA: CUSTER STATE PARK

41. NEBRASKA: FORT ROBINSON STATE PARK

42. KANSAS: MONUMENT ROCKS

43. COLORADO: TELLURIDE GONDOLA

44. UTAH: DIXIE NATIONAL FOREST

45. WYOMING: MEDICINE WHEEL—BIGHORN NATIONAL FOREST

46. MONTANA: BEARTOOTH HIGHWAY

47. IDAHO: LAKE COEUR D’ ALENE

48. WASHINGTON: SAN JUAN ISLANDS

49. OREGON: PORTLAND’S PARKS

Editorial Reviews

Anyone who follows GoPetFriendly.com - and if you don't, you should - knows that Amy Burkert is a pet travel expert extraordinaire. This book, documenting a year-long cross-country trip with canine companions Ty and Buster, offers useful tips on visiting some of the top destinations in each of the lower 48 states with dogs that aren't always ... well, perfect. Part guidebook, part coffee table book - the photographs are gorgeous -- The Ultimate Pet Friendly Road Trip will inspire you to hit the road with your best friend and create your own indelible memories. --Edie Jarolim, author of Am I Boring My Dog: and 99 Other Things Every Dog Wishes You Knew and Arizona for Dummies

Every traveler has entertained the thought of one day grabbing the car keys--and the dog leash--and heading off for a life on the open road. Amy Burkert made that dream both a reality and a career with GoPetFriendly.com--and now their new book. Whether you use this photo-filled book as a trip-planning guide or an armchair fantasy, it's sure to inspire you to make the most of your experiences with your four-legged travel companion. --Paris Permenter, Co-author of 33 pet and travel books

Take it from those who walk the walk, talk the talk, and bark the bark. The Ultimate Pet Friendly Road Trip is chock full of tried-and-tested travel plans for great destinations all across the country. Pack this handy book in your suitcase for the best trip ever with your best friend ever! --Peggy Frezon, contributing editor, All Creatures magazine, author of Faithfully Yours for Kids (Paraclete Press 2018) and other books about the human-animal bond

If you're planning a road trip with your dog - and especially if you are short on time - The Ultimate Pet Friendly Road Trip is a must-read. This book will save you hours of research. You can use it to put together a high-level itinerary and then fill in your route, and time, with additional things to do from GoPetFriendly.com or your dog's bucket list. --Jessica Rhae Williams, Dog-Friendly Travel nut and senior editor at YouDidWhatWithYourWiener.com

The Ultimate Pet Friendly Road Trip is a must-read before you head out on the open road with your furry companions. Amy and her pooches researched every travel nugget in this book personally, so you won't find another that even comes close to this compressive, first-hand researched pet-friendly travel guide. Think of it as the CAA Travel Book for road tripping fur families - I recommend it to any pet parent making travel plans, whether it's for the weekend or a cross country road journey. --Amy Tokic, Author and Editor-in-Chief of PetGuide.com

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