We're getting ready for the girls' third camping trip- going to Johnson Shut-ins here in Missouri...great wading and swimming for all of us!

We leave Thursday for our third camping trip of the summer too. We are going to Grand Haven, Mi. I spent a great deal of my childhood there and although the campground is a parking lot, it is on the beach and a short walk to town. Looking forward to it and I know the corgis will enjoy it too.

our third trip this yr starts today,but as most of you all know,it's our first trip with a
rv/trailor after tenting it for eons!pics of the corgi pups to follow

Leaving this Wen for our five day trip in the Shenandoah :) Roxi's an expert but this'll be Charlie's first time!

Sparty and Izzy chillin at our camp site in Grand Haven, Mi

we're back,less than 2 hrs ago.no pics yet!!wonderful time.

we just got back. the pups loved it! Pics in a bit...they had their first swimming experience (besides wading in the backyard baby pool) they swam in a river and were NOT sure about it. (Yoda ears!) they were awfully cute though, with their little legs paddling!
the highlight for Luna though was when somebody missed the trash bag with a steak bone, and I didn't notice for at least 10 minutes. Poor thing! I reached down and she covered it with her little paws and looked at me mournfully.....
I had to take it away, right?

Welcome back guys, can't wait to see some pics :)

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I made the car photo our profile. How happy they were to be on the road with the other girls!

Some people were asking about vests to help the dogs swim. My dogs are so confident with the vests and will swim everywhere! This is the only way to exercise in the hot Ca summers!

Got back today from our Shenandoah camping trip. We had five pups at the end of the trip with us and it was amazingly fun! :) Kept the camp ground entertained.

Here is the photo set from the trip.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bunnybutts/sets/72157624247791579/

PS - We taught Charlie to finally swim at the end of the trip (5th day) :) Though we only stayed in the water 30 more minutes haha.

Everyone's pups are so cute in their life jackets. I'm going to get our girls some, but I'm going to wait until they are full grown. They'll be wading in the shallow end until then...

Heading to the Ft. Walton Beach this weekend. My babies just love to camp. Will attempt to get some pics!

We no longer tent camp. Now days we don't rough it much but the corgis love traveling with us.

We're headed to Lake o' the Pines this weekend! Blue loved it last time but this will be Memphis' first camping trip. He hates the heat & the water so he may just stay in the 5th wheel.

Heading to Traverse City State Park this weekend. There is a family event there and we will go via motorhome so the corgis can come too. The first couple days will be with my daughter and two little grandsons. Should be very interesting! Sparty and Izzy do love camping.

My daughter and grandsons having smores notice Sparty checking the ground for spills!

Just got back from spending a few days in Pollick Pines, CA. We had some happy, dirty, content corgis at the end of the trip. We hiked along the lake, and whenever we got hot we just jumped in and cooled off and then kept on walking. The dogs got great exercise. The more swimming we do the more the dogs enjoy it. I used to have to throw a ball to get them going in, now they go in themselves and just swim around in circles and bite at sticks. Pure dog fun. Forgot the camera though, missed out on some great shots :(

Just spent some time in woods of Wyoming, and Ein loved it!

Bev, we love how your boy is doing "turkey legs" in the dirt- all for better belly dirt coverage!

I am so upset!! We have to cancel our Labor Day trip that we go to every year because my husband broke his knee. We have had our reservations at the campground for over 6 months and they are hard to get. Fortunately it appears he won't need surgery but we were really looking forward to it.... Maybe we will do a fall color trip if he is better. Hope you all are enjoying your camping trips!

Sorry to hear about Bev's cancelled trip! (hope your husband gets better...)

Where is everyone else camping for Labor Day? We're going to Stockton Laker here in Missouri...I'll try to get better photos this time.

When we adopted Gretzky he was a "City Boy" that rarely went for a walk but now
is a Corgi Who Camps! He has camped in Wisconsin and Minnesota. This Labor Day week-end he will be camping along the banks of the mighty Mississippi River and loving it.

Yay for Gretzky! he's a beautiful boy! does he swim now too?

He decided to swim just a few weeks ago. We were all shocked that he just walked into the water and started to swim. He fell through the ice on a lake several years ago so I suppose that could be a big reason he's been so reluctant.

My wife really wants to go camping this year. I can't wait. It will be the first time for our pup.

can't wait to get back out there!person hit our travel trailor while it was parked in storage,so it's in the shop!!can't wait to get it back to head out again.really jealous of all you guys who will be out in nature this holiday

So we're back from the lake. We had a great time and the girls did some more swimming (as well as plenty of hoovering. the husband even let them help with the dishes. sigh).

"swimming"

We went on our last camping trip of the year this weekend. What I love about camping now (this is our first summer with the furbabies) is how they are "Ambassadors for the Breed". Every time, we end up converting someone who says "my next dog will be a corgi!"

We have the same experience but I am always careful to say " They shed a lot and don't get one unless you plan to spend time with them!"

Al & Gwynn like to camp:

Al was pushing the envelope on the last trip, so wet and cold at night, he spent 6 of 8 nights inside my sleeping bag, bedtime til dawn, to keep ME warm:

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Hi Al and Gwynn- you may have been cold, but what amazing scenery! Gorgeous!

Love the photos John. Looks like you guys do some serious camping. Where are you at? It looks gorgeous!

Hi John! Your corgis are really tough! My Scout likes the cool weather, but wimps out on long hikes (me, too)! We hiked to a high mountain lake near McCall, ID this summer (about 2 miles), and my husband had to CARRY Scout the last 500 yds. back to the car! Great photos!

Great photos. Al and Gwynn are tough Corgis. Gretzky prefers a Casita camper.

In settles weather, we like to camp on mountain summits. This is one of our favorites, 6560'. This is but a small slice of the view.

Amazing.

Is he getting ready for s'mores?

Happy Campers!

This is in Ringe, NH where our son Gavin did his internship for the summer! Wildwood is the name of the camp. He loved it and Abby loved checking it out for him!

Rachel Carson Wildlife Refuge in Wells, Maine. She loves to walk in there and check out all the sights!

I enjoy everyone's photos very much! Thanks everyone for posting!

Serious corgi camping.
Pacific Crest Trail, Suiattle River log crossing. This major bridge was wiped out in the massive floods of Oct. 2003. Almost none of the many roads and bridges have been repaired since, so this area is extremely remote. This log is how you get across the Suiattle River on the PCT. 80' long, 2-2.5' diameter, maybe 7' above the raging river.
Many hikers walk blithely across. I shinnied. I belayed the dog, since a fall would be fatal, but this kind of log crossing is a no-brainer for Al, who kept looking back at me from his end of the rope, wondering what all the fuss and delay was about as he nonchalantly strolled across.
There were 3 such log crossings on this trip. On the first, I crossed alone first, then naughty Al broke his stay and crossed unaided as I was getting out the belay gear -- I didn't know whether to congratulate or scold him.
NOTE: we have one of those chest-harness things. I tested it. I lifted Al up in his harness on a rope, and he neatly slipped right out of the harness. It will not hold a vertically-suspended corgi. I have it set up to tether him in the current, should he fall into the fiver.

My heart is pounding and I can barely breathe thinking about Al crossing the log. This is definitely serious trekking.

I told my husbandthat what John and his corgis do make it clear that rest of us are just "camping."

camping in Forestville State Park MN Ed makes a good pillow!!

We love to take our three year old sable "Duchess" caming at 4pawskingdom in North Caroline. Check out the website, it is for adults and their fur kids with lots of activites for both! We have been twice and love it! We don't have a camper but they rent out cabins and trailers.

Here's a couple of my favorite camping pics, from either side of the Necklace Valley in the Washington Cascades. Can you see why we've been here several times? If you camp high enough, you can escape the bugs, esp. in autumn.
These are 3-day backpacking trips.
Scenery is wasted on dogs; they're just in it for the adventure and extra rations.
It was warm that night, no tent, but I threw my jacket over Al. Checking on him in the middle of the night, I found he'd wormed his way deep into a sleeve and was stuck there like a sausage.