Bøger af Kel Pickens

This nonfiction book, which reads like a novel, was written by a dog lover for other dog lovers to enjoy. It traces the first four trips Kel and Carolyn took their adopted shelter dogs, Bea and B.B., on. Among the places they visited on their first cross-country journey, which began in late September, were St. Louis, Missouri; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Albany, New York; the Northeast Kingdom way up in Vermont and New Hampshire; Salem Massachusetts; Baltimore, Maryland; Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia; Knoxville, Tennessee; and Olive Branch, Mississippi, with many stops along the way in smaller towns and villages. Readers who have been to these places will experience these same cities, small towns, and villages in a totally different way by reading Dog Vacations. They'll feel like they're riding right along with the foursome. Since traveling with dogs results in many surprises, much humor, an abundance of joy, some challenges, a few trials, and the triumphs of overcoming them, plus that always abiding unconditional love all dogs give to their human companions, you'll relish reading this book if you love dogs. After the catastrophe that hit on their very first trip, undaunted, the second excursion in November took them to the West Coast. Along the way to San Francisco, they spent a night in Tucumcari, New Mexico; explored the Grand Canyon while staying in Flagstaff, Arizona; stopped in at Calico, California, which is a ghost town; discovered one of the best kept secrets in California - the small beach town of Cayucos on the Central Coast; and later made their way home through Bakersfield, California; Sedona, Arizona; Santa Fe, New Mexico; and Amarillo, Texas. Thinking Texas would be a fun place to go in January for the third journey, the foursome drove all the way down to South Padre Island off the southernmost tip of Texas staying in Fort Worth, Austin, San Antonio, and Corpus Christi. They learned a valuable lesson about the monsoon season in this large state but still had a good time even in the rain. The last trek in this first book was back to Sedona, Arizona, to stay longer since they'd fallen in love with the Forest Houses resort which they had only rented for one night there on the way home from California. This time their trip was during late May, and the scenery had changed considerably from that of November. Instead of booking the Barn House, they settled for the Tree House and were happy with the balcony looking down on the pathway where they all four watched people and their dogs hike by. Besides doing lots of fun and interesting things with "the girls," their special nickname for Bea and B.B., Kel and Carolyn also rode their hybrid bicycles on some treks during most of the aforementioned trips. There are two more books in this Dog Vacations series - Book 2: The Next Six Dog Vacations and Book 3: Bea and B.B.'s Last Four Dog Vacations. The newest series is entitled Have Dog Will Travel which has the first of four books now published: Book 1: B.B. Goes West.

BOOK 2 OF THE DOG VACATIONS SERIES IS HERE AND REVISED! A DIFFERENT SORT OF DOG BOOK! GUARANTEED TO MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD! Print version or eBook Discover how Kel and Carolyn's ploy to get "real stupid real fast" worked to keep them out of trouble. Find out where Devil's Bridge is. What was happening when the following quote appeared in the book, "And we still didn't know if there might be a gun tucked into his back waistband."? Who were the "Menacing Men?" What was the "return of the Sand Monster"? Why was "wine in a cage?" Who were "such odd creatures, enormously fat, they were spread out lounging with their pointed noses and long whiskers sticking out on the sides of their snouts sniffing the sea air."? Why did Carolyn feel like she'd been in Siberia for a week? How could 5 calamities happen in 1 day? And how did Carolyn nearly kill Kel? "The girls witnessed the whole thing with terrified looks just like the tourists standing there..." What did they witness? "What compelled Kel to go "over to ask the proprietor of the restaurant if they had a tornado shelter or a plan of where to go in case of a tornado."? How did B.B. "show her disdain for such an awful place."? When did Carolyn have an auditory hallucination? What made Kel exclaim, "This is dangerous!"? Where was Carolyn when she was asked, "Do you actually own a driver's license?" What state were they in when they tried to outrun a tornado? All of these questions are answered in Book 2: The Next Six Dog Vacations as you read about their "Scrapes, Scares, and Survival." (which is the title of one of the chapters) Book Two continues the saga of Bea and B.B., adopted shelter dogs, taking six more unforgettable journeys with their human companions, Kel and Carolyn. This time they road trip to Big Sur in California, through many neighboring states, and a national park, as well as shorter trips to places not too far beyond their borders and state parks close to their home in Oklahoma. This print version has even more photos than the first book in the series. There are many more photos of the dogs, more photos of Kel and Carolyn with the dogs, and lots of scenery photos as well. Captions quoted from the pages of the book enhance the photos. Seeing the many photos will help the reader visualize Bea, B.B., Kel, and Carolyn much better and see some of the places described to enhance the reading about them. These photos and their quotes are close to the actual quotes in the chapter. Kel and Carolyn called Bea and B.B. "the girls" and named all their trips with them "Dog Vacations" because they made sure to include fun outings for their beloved dogs along the way. This book includes the following in great detail with descriptions which make readers feel as if they're on these six journeys with them: what the dogs did, what their "parents" did, what they did together, where they went, what happened to them, how they felt, whom they met, and what they learned. As in Book One, when reading about their adventures you'll experience along with these human and dog travelers more joy, fun, humor, excitement, and their love for each other on these vacations which surprise and endear to the very last mile!