On our long trek back to the Florida base camp, we made a pit stop in a little place called Clarion, Iowa. Population: about 5,400 humans. Let's just say there are significantly more cornfields than people in this neck of the woods.

We stayed at Lake Cornelia Park, and I...

If you want to know what "Dog Heaven" looks like, I’ve found it. We just wrapped up two fantastic weeks in Duluth, Minnesota, staying at the Mont du Lac Resort.

The humans were feeling pretty nostalgic—they remember when this place was just a local ski hill where the kids used to...