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A Working Dog Without a Precise Job Description
Rex doesn’t have cattle to herd or a ranch to manage, but that hasn’t stopped him from putting his brain to work. He’s a Queensland Heeler mix, and one of the first things I’ve learned about him is just how quickly he picks things up. I generally only need to tell him something twice…
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Roy’s “I Know a Guy” Is Why I Worry
Keeping track of Roy Skeleton’s side quests requires more than knowing where I last left him. He can turn a stop into a business appointment before I’ve finished looking around. The Mystery Bag Was Business His need for a shower with the mystery bag and the suspicious amount of preparation initially suggested Roy had…
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What It’s Like Car Camping With a 40-Pound Dog in My 4Runner
Car camping with a 40-pound dog was not something I felt confident my setup could handle. When I agreed to foster Rex, I was fairly convinced that he would not fit comfortably into the life I had already built inside my Toyota 4Runner. Riven traveled with me for years at around 25 pounds. Rex…
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Roy and His Suspicious Pirate Associates
Roy’s connection to pirates began in Kentucky, which is not where I expected to encounter a pirate problem. What appeared to be another unexplained disappearance became the beginning of a relationship with suspicious associates, unidentified drivers, and treasure hunters who have followed him across several states. The Kentucky Pirate Incident Roy had wandered off…