Wish me luck. We’re packing up the Element with three dogs, two teenagers and the hubbie for some time on the road. We’re heading to the Lassen area where we’ve discovered a pet friendly cabin rental just outside Lassen Volcanic National Park.
When I was a kid, my parents packed six people into an old VW van along with the family chihuahua mixes and headed to the east coast every summer for 10 years in a row, camping along the way. The only thing I remember from one trip was watching our dog, Yvette, named after a French film star, barfing Spam somewhere in Utah.
We are not as adventurous, or crazy as my father, but then again, he didn’t travel with Labradors and a Jack Russell terrier.
Granzella’s, here we come. (Good for you if you know where that I-5 pit stop is located.)


