by justbeingbing | Mar 31, 2021 | Freedom, Journey, Road trip with your dog, women
The following post is a sneak peek into Bing’s upcoming book, Finding Freedom: The Girl’s Guide to the Open Road. Scheduled for release later this year! Under a fiery mid-July sunset in 2019, I turned east and north out of the forests of West Virginia,...
by justbeingbing | Apr 8, 2020 | British Cream Golden Retrievers, Corona virus, Covid-19, hope springs eternal, White golden retrievers, women
When life gives us lemons, we’re supposed to make lemonade, right? What about when life gives us the Corona Virus? (I’m thinking this is where the limes come in! After all, you can’t have a Corona without one.) As many of you know, travel...
by justbeingbing | Jul 25, 2019 | Americana, British Cream Golden Retrievers, Colorado Road trip 2019, Journey, Lexington Hope, White golden retrievers, women
This is a story of hope. It’s a dog tale, plain and simple. I originally wrote this post as part of the chronicles of a cross-country road trip, but this particular story, and Miracles and Dog Heaven both diverge from the road to share a story of great...
by justbeingbing | Jul 14, 2019 | Americana, Camping, Colorado Road trip 2019, hipcamp, Journey, Road trip with your dog, Solo female travel, White golden retrievers, women
For six days at the beginning of July, Lexi the Golden and I traveled westward from Virginia to Colorado. We were past the half-way mark now, and after a lovely day exploring eastern and central Missouri, we were more than ready to call it a day as we approached the...
by justbeingbing | Jul 11, 2019 | Americana, British Cream Golden Retrievers, Colorado Road trip 2019, Freedom, Road trip with your dog, White golden retrievers, women
Missouri lay on the map as a giant question mark. The St. Louis Arch, Kansas City barbecue & the mighty Mississippi were all I knew. For this East Coast girl (PA for the first half of my life, and VA up until now), the “Show Me” state was a relative...
by justbeingbing | Jul 8, 2019 | Americana, British Cream Golden Retrievers, Colorado Road trip 2019, Journey, Quilt barns, Solo female travel, women
Our short sample of Southern Kentucky proved to be both sweet and simple. Nothing at all like my preconceived ideas of thoroughbreds, basketball, bourbon and bluegrass. Those are the images of my uninitiated mind when I think about Kentucky, but my...
