Part 12 - Rover.

Part 12 - Rover.

One subject that we haven't covered yet is how to make a little extra money while you are travelling.  We are lucky enough that both of our career fields have the opportunity for contract work and travel options.  When only one of us is working, its nice to have some other options for income though.  After a little research online, we came across a website that connected pet-sitters with pet owners in need of help. Here is a link to that site:

Website: Rover pet-sitting services.

My contract in Tucson was up on April 27th of 2018, but we did NOT want to leave yet.  Luckily, we got an offer from a previous house-sitting client who wanted us to take care of her sheep, sheepdogs, and her egg-laying-feathered-friends while she was gone.  We accepted the offer to stay at her house with a hot tub and mountain view for 10 days.  This bought us another 2 weeks of time in Tucson, and gave us some more spending money for the trip home...and we got to see our dog friends one last time up in the Empire Mountains. 

Billie the Kid. This dog is crazy, but we love her.

Dicey-boy. He was a good dog, even if he always wanted your attention.

Cody never went on mountain walks with us. She was always right at the chicken coup gate like this. 

Dicey, Ketchem, and Billie. Running the mountain road like they own the place. 

Jenny, Dicey, and old Kate.

I cant believe that we didn't post a dog-sitting blog until this one.  It really has been a good way to earn a little money, but most importantly we have met some great people and their pets.  So, since we already introduced you to our sheep-herding friends, we need to give equal time to the other canines. 

  

Our next Rover assignment was with Jack, Joey, and Buddy. Their owners were in town for a few days and wanted a dog-sitter so they could go have some fun. Just like us, they were travelling in an RV. What are the chances?  Here is a picture from their RV park in Green Valley. 

Mt Wrightson in the very far back and Mt Hopkins in the front. You can see the observatory on Mt Hopkins. 

Smiley dog.

Poor Jack is getting used as a pillow.  

Old Jack

We landed another house sitting gig over on the East Side of Tucson. This one was actually a house, not an RV, and it was super close to our RV park. Bonus. There were four dogs: Rory, Rosie, Rocky, and Bella...and a cat they never told us the name of.

4 way tug of war. 

Rory

The cat who shall not be named. 

Bella

There are countless lists online of "How to make money as a full-time RV'er, but in our experience, most of those are scams or pay insignificant amounts at best. The best way that we have found to make money, without getting a 'real' job, is to start an account on Rover. There is an optional $10 fee for a background check when creating an account.  Be advised that they do take a percentage of the money that the client pays you. For us, as animal lovers, this wasn't even work. We were just taking care of animals that needed our help and we happened to get paid for it.

You can link to our next article here:

Part 13 - Hellinois or Bust.

 A link to our previous article:

Part 11 - Ocean Beach, San Diego.