{"id":1319,"date":"2014-09-16T16:11:51","date_gmt":"2014-09-16T23:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/?p=1319"},"modified":"2018-11-11T21:53:28","modified_gmt":"2018-11-12T05:53:28","slug":"desert-dawg-trail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/hike\/desert-dawg-trail","title":{"rendered":"On the Trail with Desert Dawg"},"content":{"rendered":"

The outdoors have never been so accessible with technology, used to\u00a0plan and track every last detail of a trip.<\/p>\n

After reading Edward Abbey’s “Desert Solitaire,”\u00a0Ace Kvale<\/a>\u00a0decides to escape civilization for one month by rekindling his love of backpacking\u00a0with\u00a0his furry hiking companion, Desert Dawg. Mapping out his own course with maps and compasses to avoid places where dogs aren’t allowed, they set off for a 300-mile desert wilderness adventure.<\/p>\n

\"Desert<\/p>\n

For the entire story, head over to the Osprey<\/a>\u00a0blog to read “The Desert Dawg Trail<\/a>.”<\/p>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The outdoors have never been so accessible with technology, used to\u00a0plan and track every last detail of a trip. After reading Edward Abbey’s “Desert Solitaire,”\u00a0Ace Kvale\u00a0decides to escape civilization for one month by rekindling his love of backpacking\u00a0with\u00a0his furry hiking companion, Desert Dawg. Mapping out his own course with maps and compasses to avoid places […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1850,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[387],"tags":[15,8,186,138],"internal-tag":[1673],"class_list":["post-1319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hike","tag-backpacking","tag-hike","tag-osprey","tag-united-states","internal-tag-pre-redirect-hike"],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/rei.com\/blog\/hike\/desert-dawg-trail","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"On the Trail with Desert Dawg","url":"http:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/hike\/desert-dawg-trail","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/hike\/desert-dawg-trail"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/10\/201310230346AKP-e1447872452330.jpg?resize=150%2C150","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/10\/201310230346AKP-e1447872452330.jpg?fit=1500%2C1001"},"articleSection":"Hike","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Angela Crampton"}],"creator":["Angela Crampton"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Uncommon Path \u2013 An REI Co-op Publication","logo":""},"keywords":["backpacking","hike","osprey","united states"],"dateCreated":"2014-09-16T23:11:51Z","datePublished":"2014-09-16T23:11:51Z","dateModified":"2018-11-12T05:53:28Z"},"rendered":"