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RUFFLY Expertly craftsman built to live extraordinary together – and traveling around the world to prove it
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09/03/2026

I’m incredibly proud of the obedience training we’ve instilled in Whimsy.

She has excellent recall and tends to stick close by my side—especially around meal times.

But she’s also a curious shepherd with a strong prey drive, which means I still worry about her wandering off and getting into trouble.

That’s why the Tractive tracker on her collar gives me so much peace of mind—and lets me give her more freedom.

At each new Airbnb, I can set up a virtual fence so I can keep an eye on her and rein her in if she starts wandering too far.

Our particular lifestyle also means I’ve rarely had to leave Whimsy home alone. That’s wonderful, but it also means she’s not as accustomed to being left on her own as some dogs.

So when I do leave her at an Airbnb while I run errands, I feel much better knowing I can check her location and keep an eye on her activity and health stats.

For me, it’s all about giving Whimsy as much freedom and stimulation as possible while minimizing my own stress and worry.

Tractive helps me do that, which makes it an essential part of our tool kit.

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🏍️ Whimsy rides in her K9 Moto Cockpit�🐾 Whimsy’s wardrobe by RUFFLY

09/02/2026

I feel a nagging sense of FOMO nearly every time I see a sign posted for a scenic outlook.

This feeling is worse still when I’m riding through someplace as truly breathtaking as Badlands National Park in South Dakota where the alien scene changes and morphs with each mile.

But traveling by motorcycle doesn’t lend to frequent stops, especially where there’s a helmet, gloves, and Whimsy’s goggles to remove and replace at each one.

So I pick my scenic outlook stops pretty carefully, and make sure to get the feeding, bathroom, and the most scenic views at every one.

But I also try to remind myself of something else, which is special and unique to visiting these extraordinary places by motorcycle.

The experience of the ride itself and your view from the dome of a helmet is more extraordinary and scenic than most of the outlooks.

That goes doubly for when you pitch your tent on the grasslands just outside the national park.

🏍️ Whimsy rides in her K9 Moto Cockpit

🐾 Whimsy’s wardrobe by RUFFLY

· Motorcycle: Triumph Motorcycles
· Luggage: Lone Rider - Adventure Motorcycle Equipment
· Tires: Motoz Tyres
· Helmet: NEXX Helmets
· Communication: Cardo Systems
· Protection: Alpinestars
· Goggles: Rex Specs
· Cameras: DJI
· Mount: QUAD LOCK

🎶 Canyonlands by Voyageur
SyncID: MB01DY9FFGGKVK1

CROCODILES.I didn’t hit the ground running.First, I had to find my stride—and my voice. And that is not easy to do.The f...
08/28/2026

CROCODILES.

I didn’t hit the ground running.

First, I had to find my stride—and my voice. And that is not easy to do.

The first glimmer happened while I volunteered in Ghana. I brought a young girl named Lizzy to a wildlife sanctuary, and together we breathtakingly held a hungry crocodile by the tail.

Other flickers of sunlight lit my path, but the clouds only parted when Moxie and Whimsy entered my life. I started RUFFLY to outfit them, and we leapt into this journey to live extraordinary together.

Four incredible years later, we’ve dipped paws in the Arctic Ocean, trekked across the Darién Gap, reached the tail tip of South America—and soon we cross to Africa.

Each moment has felt like holding that crocodile by the tail.

Moxie and Whimsy, my motorcycle Tuskarossa, and my wonderfully supportive husband have made it possible—and so has one other extraordinary young woman.

Her name is Graciela.

She began by tagging and packaging collars six years ago. Today, she manages our entire RUFFLY operation of weavers, tailors, saddlemakers, and metalworkers in Guatemala.

She doesn’t hold the crocodile by the tail. Every day, she wrestles it to the ground and pins it down.

A couple of years ago, I crashed three times on a nail-scratch of road in Nicaragua. While we rested beside a stream, a group of local kids gathered around. When I rose to put my helmet on, the youngest fox cub asked if she could sit on Tuskarossa’s saddle with Whimsy.

Lizzy in Ghana. Graciela in Guatemala. That little girl in Nicaragua. The young me in Canada.

They—and so many other girls and young women—are why this journey is a $100,000 fundraiser for Girl Up.

Will they see white Whimsy on purple Tuskarossa and dream of traveling around the world on a motorcycle?

Probably not.

But when their own moment of inspiration strikes, and it hinges on having the Moxie and Whimsy to ante up, I hope maybe they’ll remember us and GoRUFFLY.

More importantly, they’ll have Girl Up to fight in their corner.
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“My Heart Is Home with You” tells the story and purpose behind this journey.

Please preorder your copy. Proceeds support our $100,000 Girl Up fundraiser. www.goruffly.com/world-adventure

08/27/2026

A lot of my intercom chatter is instructions to Whimsy on where to look.

Only occasionally I’m directing her to face the camera.

More often I point her schnout to the side where here eyes will spy a herd of bison, an antelope grazing, or maybe a fox or coyote on the prowl.

Usually, she’s very quick to catch a scent and train her eyes on its source.

But sometimes not so much.

I’ll look in my mirrors and notice how her eyes, ears, and nose have wandered down their own peculiar trail.

Meanwhile she might be missing an entire prairie dog town just on the other side!

🏍️ Whimsy rides in her K9 Moto Cockpit

🐾 Whimsy’s wardrobe by RUFFLY

· Motorcycle: Triumph Motorcycles
· Luggage: Lone Rider - Adventure Motorcycle Equipment
· Tires: Motoz Tyres
· Helmet: NEXX Helmets
· Communication: Cardo Systems
· Protection: Alpinestars
· Goggles: Rex Specs
· Cameras: DJI
· Mount: QUAD LOCK

🎶 Wanna Feel Good by St. Anderson
SyncID: MB01D1EN0UNAOWW

08/24/2026

I’ve never owned less than I do now, and never needed more than this.

I can’t say the same for Whimsy, whose ‘necessaries’ continually swell and stash themselves throughout the Lone Rider luggage on my motorcycle.

I suppose I can’t exactly blame her because she would run bare-necked, drink from puddles, and hunt squirrels for every meal if I let her.

Instead, I guess I should admit that her ‘necessaries’ are mostly my ‘wants’ for her.

But they sure make me happy, and—for now at least—they all fit in my motorcycle luggage!

🧳 Motorcycle luggage by Lone Rider - Adventure Motorcycle Equipment

🐕 Whimsy’s carrier by K9 Moto Cockpit

🐾 Whimsy’s wardrobe by RUFFLY

· Motorcycle: Triumph Motorcycles
· Luggage: Lone Rider - Adventure Motorcycle Equipment
· Tires: Motoz Tyres
· Helmet: NEXX Helmets
· Communication: Cardo Systems
· Protection: Alpinestars
· Goggles: Rex Specs
· Cameras: DJI
· Mount: QUAD LOCK

📍 Posted beside grazing pronghorn antelope and prairie dogs at the Lonetree Ranch in Arvada, WY

08/20/2026

A dog is about as 'cowboy' as it gets—they will lay down and make their bed just about anywhere if they're tuckered out enough.

But that doesn't mean we shouldn't give them the comfort and smell of home so they can rest their tired paws at the end of a long, fun day.

This is how I help Whimsy feel at home at our campsites.

08/19/2026

There is a marvelous thing called cloudberries.

It’s a small fruit found on the Arctic tundra during the warm days of summer.

When ripe, they’re sweet and refreshing. But to me, cloudberries mean something more than that.

They’re the special and extraordinary things that lie just beyond the roadside which you might miss when your eyes are fixed only on what’s ahead.

Sunflowers look nothing like cloudberries.

But when I come across a field of them, they enchant me just the same.

🏍️ Whimsy rides in her K9 Moto Cockpit

🐾 Whimsy’s wardrobe by RUFFLY

· Motorcycle: Triumph Motorcycles
· Luggage:
· Tires: Motoz Tyres
· Helmet: NEXX Helmets
· Communication: Cardo Systems
· Protection: Alpinestars
· Goggles: Rex Specs
· Cameras: DJI
· Mount: QUAD LOCK

🎶 Golden Days by Layup
SyncID: MB01KMNREWEJRTY

08/12/2026

What is the best part about the Sturgis Rally?

The ocean of gleaming and gorgeous Hogs?

The legions of leathered-up riders who look intimidating but turn out to be incredibly kind and friendly?

The rock concerts, greasy delicious food, and strip malls filled with vendors?

Well, I’m certainly not qualified to say—but that doesn’t mean I haven’t formed an opinion.

It’s riding through the Black Hills.

Iron Mountain Road weaves through the forest, ducks under bridges and through one-lane tunnels, then twists into pigtails and splits into stretches of single-lane road.

I can always tell how extraordinary a place is by the way Whimsy behaves.

She was in absolute ecstasy the entire way.

So for this Tiger prowling through Hog country, the best part of Sturgis is what lies just beyond Sturgis.

🏍️ Whimsy rides in her K9 Moto Cockpit

🐾 Whimsy’s wardrobe by RUFFLY

· Motorcycle: Triumph Motorcycles
· Luggage:
· Tires: Motoz Tyres
· Helmet: NEXX Helmets
· Communication: Cardo Systems
· Protection: Alpinestars
· Goggles: Rex Specs
· Cameras: DJI
· Mount: QUAD LOCK

🎶 Weather Man by Valley of Wolves
SyncID: MB01QZ5QDI7KUKB

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