2 days ago in New Mexico, I made a decision to get a hotel room last night because Rolo had been limping all day and there seemed to be no cause for it, so a real bed and some A/C appeared to be the most logical solution.
We got in the car and drove the 5/6 hours to Holbrook, Arizona and unbeknownst to me, we jumped into yet another different time zone. The lady at the front desk didn’t get as much a kick out of my naivety, but she still let us check-in at a very early 12:30pm.
Rolo was the happiest dog in the world to sleep in a room and on a bed. He was passed out for hours and snoring before he finally decided he had to go outside. So yesterday was a much needed Rolo rest day and I was able to get some more grad school work done.
Day 5, today, we backtracked a bit and went to explore the Petrified Forest National Park, which is amazingly dog friendly.
We got up and packed and were in the park by 9am–I wanted to give Rolo as much bed time as possible while still avoiding the afternoon heat and sun. We were able to get about 3-4 miles of hikes in, and Rolo was back to being his adventure pup-self.
Kelsey & Rolo's Big Adventure 