ALASKA BOW-WOW ANYONE???

PattyInAK · July 19, 2007, 08:47:02 AM

I was thinking of hosting an Alaska Bow-Wow in a year or so. Who would be interested?

Leslie · July 19, 2007, 09:17:40 AM

Me. What can I bring?

DeeanDave · July 19, 2007, 09:48:49 AM

Me!!!

Brekkesmom · July 19, 2007, 10:09:23 AM

Woohoo! Sounds like fun...

PattyInAK · July 19, 2007, 10:18:30 AM

Some ideas..............I hear the cruise is an OK package but its a lot of seeing Alaska through the windows of a ship, train and bus. Too structured and not enough time in any one area. Lots of folks fly up, rent a car and stay in a hotel. Unfortunately we do not have the room to put up more than a couple of people but we do have room for RV parking and tents. If you want to tour around Alaska while you are here for the Bow-Wow, a good way is to fly up and then rent a small RV. That way you save money on hotels and food.
By the way, our place does have three bathrooms which all have showers.

July is a good month, but the end of August is better because the Alaska State Fair is going on. Other highlights are the great fishing (king salmon) not to far from our place, and of course, Mt. McKinley (Denali) 200 miles north of us. Homer is a great little coastal town 300 miles south, and the Kenai Fjords day-cruises out of Seward are spectacular.

Found this link that might be helpful.
http://www.wschoen.de/anchorage/getting-there.html

PattyInAK · July 19, 2007, 10:23:27 AM

Alaska Visitors Guide
http://www.alaska.com/plan/visitors_guide/

krs123 · July 19, 2007, 10:38:49 AM

What's an Alaska Bow-Wow?? It's sounds like it could be pretty costly!
krs1232

PattyInAK · July 19, 2007, 10:52:34 AM

Quote from: krs123 on July 19, 2007, 10:38:49 AM
What's an Alaska Bow-Wow?? It's sounds like it could be pretty costly!
krs1232

A Bow-Wow is a gathering of the people on this board and their dogs, although not everyone shows up. I've been to two of these at DD's place in Washington. There have been other bow-wow at various places around the US. Naturally its easier for people who live in the eastern part of the nation to attend bow-wows held in their area, etc. At DD's we hung out together for about a week, did all sorts of fun things, toured, shopped, ate, and had a big picnic one day in DD's backyard, everyone pitched in on the food and preparations. The local paper showed up and did a story, too. Alaska is a bit off the beaten path, unless you live on the west coast, its only a 3 hour flight from Seattle. A trip to Alaska is a once-in-a-lifetime type of trip for a lot of people, and so they may want to do a lot of things along with attending the bow-wow. Any other questions?

TerriL · July 19, 2007, 12:34:11 PM

That sounds like so much fun Patty! I surely would love to see your part of the country. Just not sure how we could do it with four furkids :scratch:....hummm.....this might take a bit of thought!

PattyInAK · July 19, 2007, 12:43:35 PM

Quote from: TerriL on July 19, 2007, 12:34:11 PM
That sounds like so much fun Patty! I surely would love to see your part of the country. Just not sure how we could do it with four furkids :scratch:....hummm.....this might take a bit of thought!

You've got a couple of years to figure it out, Terri, because I expect you to show up!!! Please?

Doxherding Karen · July 19, 2007, 02:30:42 PM

Well, I'm going to practice taking four puppers to Tennessee (hang on, Chattanooga!!) and I'll see how that goes! :xfinger:

Are you looking at 2008 or 2009? Maybe David in Olney and I can figure out a way to host a Bow-Wow in Maryland next summer 2008. That's a lot easier for people to get to travel-wise.

Karen

(David - I'm not volunteering you

- well, I sort of AM, but no pressure!)

PattyInAK · July 19, 2007, 02:37:08 PM

Quote from: Doxherding Karen on July 19, 2007, 02:30:42 PM
Well, I'm going to practice taking four puppers to Tennessee (hang on, Chattanooga!!) and I'll see how that goes! :xfinger:

Are you looking at 2008 or 2009? Maybe David in Olney and I can figure out a way to host a Bow-Wow in Maryland next summer 2008. That's a lot easier for people to get to travel-wise.

Karen

(David - I'm not volunteering you - well, I sort of AM, but no pressure!)

I was thinking 2009 so people would have more time to plan and save up. I realize its quite a ways to go for the easterners, but its within reach to those west of the Rockies. However, everyone is invited!
And just what do you mean......."that's a lot easier for people to get to travel-wise"????????? LOL!!! I mean, just because its roughly the same distance between Seattle and Anchorage as it is between Seattle and New York City doesn't necessarily mean that we are that FAR away!!!

Doxherding Karen · July 19, 2007, 02:42:30 PM

What that means, my good madam, is (for those who are geographically challenged) that anyone EAST of Seattle is closer to Maryland - and that's just about EVERYBODY!!!

Dr. "Wrong Way" Corrigan Leaky

(Bonus prize to the first to identify me!)

PattyInAK · July 19, 2007, 03:42:36 PM

Quote from: Doxherding Karen on July 19, 2007, 02:42:30 PM
What that means, my good madam, is (for those who are geographically challenged) that anyone EAST of Seattle is closer to Maryland - and that's just about EVERYBODY!!!

Dr. "Wrong Way" Corrigan Leaky

(Bonus prize to the first to identify me!)

Oh sigh........maybe those guys in Spain are closer to me.

Doxherding Karen · July 19, 2007, 03:57:19 PM

Quote from: PattyInAK on July 19, 2007, 03:42:36 PM
Oh sigh........maybe those guys in Spain are closer to me.

Oh. Yeah. They could take the Arctic Route. :verdict:

THESE ARE DACHSHUNDS, NOT HUSKYS!!!! :crazyeyes: WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?????? :idiot:

Roscoe, The Handsome One

Brekkesmom · July 19, 2007, 04:19:46 PM

Hahahahah! Brekke says it sounds like a wrongway Goldfarb to her, but maybe that wrongway Corrigan was the football player who took the ball to the wrong goal? We are not a sports-minded family around here, so she's deferring to her Auntie Brenda, who loves football - especially the Denver Broncos and the Seattle Seahawks, and then in basketball she loves the Portland Trailblazers...

I went to DD's 2001 Bowwow with Gretl and Siglen, then Mike, Sandi & hubby Mark, and Auntie Brenda before Mocha, came to my small 2002 Bowwow. Then I was in Texas twice in the summer of 2003 - in May, for Nikki's bowwow, with Brekke (we met Eleanor), and again in July to Delia & Ron's with Sorcha and Brekke, and I dragged (yeah, right

) Delia with me to pick up Mocha for Brenda, and they kindly had a bowwow with an amazing photographer - professional! We met the amazing fashion model, Miss Chloe Marie, her mom and sibs, too, along with Aunties Barb and Nikki, plus a lot of other dachsie-crazed people - and I should know, 'cause I'm one!

Doxherding Karen · July 19, 2007, 04:33:26 PM

NOT a football player, sorry.

Any other guessers??

Dr. L

PattyInAK · July 19, 2007, 04:45:29 PM

Hey Karen, there was a team of standard poodles that ran the Iditarod once. I tell ya, Alaskan dogs are tough! Even Alaskan doxies. Maybe we could get our local paper The Frontiersman to come out and do a story about our Bow-Wow.

David C. · July 19, 2007, 05:46:30 PM

Quote from: Doxherding Karen on July 19, 2007, 02:30:42 PM...Are you looking at 2008 or 2009? Maybe David in Olney and I can figure out a way to host a Bow-Wow in Maryland next summer 2008. That's a lot easier for people to get to travel-wise.

Karen

(David - I'm not volunteering you - well, I sort of AM, but no pressure!)

Actually, Karen, we hosted a number of Bow Wows in the past. We haven't hosted one since 2003, though. I think we're overdue. We'll probably do one in the fall when it's not so hot and the weiners will be more playful.

Our most successful one was in May 2003, when we had 15 weiners in our backyard. Here is the group shot. Note that Zeke isn't being really cooperative.

Sadly, about 1/3 of the weiners in attendance in 2003 have since gone on to the Bridge

And remember...no Bow Wow is complete without Weiner Bobbing! Here, my future furkids take their turn with Yamisi, their original owner watching over them.

David C. · July 19, 2007, 05:47:44 PM

Back on topic....I'd consider it. I've always wanted to visit Alaska. It would be one heck of an adventure for us to try this with the Zs.

Barb · July 19, 2007, 06:33:09 PM

2009? Perfect - that gives me 2 years to win the Lotto - then I can quit work and drive an RV up there !!! Will pick up anyone on the way - LOL !!! Sounds like something to plan for - would that be a blast or what ?!?!?!?!?!?!?

Brekkesmom · July 19, 2007, 06:53:02 PM

We could each rent a Minnie Winnie (Winnebago) and go to Alaska like Sue Henry's Maxie and Stretch mysteries! I saw one yesterday as I headed downtown, and was surprised to see that it was not much longer than a station wagon!

Frankys_mom · July 19, 2007, 07:28:44 PM

Wow that sounds great! A trip to Alaska has always been one of my dream vacation spots but I'm not comfortable about flying with the kids... cause I would never place them in cargo and my luck Franky would bite one of the TSA people :2funny
Dawn

Sandishooligans · July 19, 2007, 08:20:35 PM

We're in! What a great vacation that would be. Not much into camping, so no RV's here but if you'd point us to the nearest motel/hotel, that would be fiiiiiiiine. Wow! This could be a HUGE vacation for us.

DeeanDave · July 19, 2007, 08:37:08 PM

Dave and I have been talking about this all afternoon........we are seriously considering an RV trip up, about talking to oldest son about going along to help with the driving, and sharing the trip up.........it would be much easier on the furkids to drive rather than fly. Just head over to Western Washington, head up to BC and on to Alaska! And, with it being 2009, that gives us plenty of time to save our money to get there and most likely rent an RV to do the trip! Dee

ALASKA BOW-WOW ANYONE???

Sandishooligans