Sonntag and Kessie

This blog is about part 1 of my 20,000+ mile car-camping trip with my dogs from DC to Alaska via Labrador. Part 1, in 2011, was to the end of the road in northeastern North America in Labrador and then on to Quebec and Ontario, 7609 miles. Part 2, which took place in 2012, picked up where Part 1 left off in Ontario and was supposed to extend to Banff and Jasper National Parks in the Canadian Rockies, but Leben, my male German shepherd, became paralyzed on the trip so we cut it short. We will finish the journey in 2013, when we will return to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska.

Sonntag and Kessie

Sonntag and Kessie, whose mother and father were from Germany, were born July 5, 1987. Kessie was put down on July 29, 1999, and Sonntag on April 10, 2001. Their ashes are scattered together in Alaska and over the graves of Al, Judy and Mindy Phillips in Colorado.