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Feature

Army Strong For Dogs
One of the most welcome signs active dog owners can see while traveling is a light brown roadside marker with white lettering. No, it’s not a National Park Service sign - those familiar waymarkers are a darker brown. Today the Corps of Engineers is associated mostly with dams and flood control. And that means lakes and that means recreation. Many times when the Corps dams a river they build a public recreation area for fun on the lake. And this fun almost always extends to your dog ...


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Beach of the Month
Oregon Dunes

Situated roughly at the coastal mid-point of Oregon’s 363 miles of public beaches is the Super Bowl for canine play - 40 miles of tail-friendly beach in the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area. These mountains of sand extend inland for 2.5 miles and are the tallest dunes in North America. The star canine hike in this vast alien landscape is...



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On The Trail Of...
Butch and Sundance

Tracking Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch is no easier today than it was for “those guys” 100 years ago. If you and your dog sign on with this posse, bring a rugged vehicle and some tough paw pads. The most famous hide-out for the gang - and the most famous hide-out in the Old West - was Hole-in-the-Wall, the only break in a red sandstone escarpment that runs for fifty miles through the Big Horn Mountains of Wyoming. The area was remote and accessed only by...



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Quick Tip
How to Follow a Trail

The more you take your dog hiking, the more you are exposed to the different ways parks mark their trails. The best parks will provide you with a mapboard to study, a trail map to take along, brief trail descriptions - including distances - of what to expect, well-marked trails, and junction signs.

Most parks won't give you all that - you'll get some items from the menu or...



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From time to time we get books back that have been damaged in shipping. We are offering some for sale for just $5 each - more than 70% off retail. These books are brand new; usually with a slightly dented corner - they look like a book would look after your first hike. Check out the titles here. And shipping is FREE - regardless of how many books you order! Hurt Books