Dog Days of Summer Contest Winners Announced, Gallery Available Now!

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What better way to celebrate the Dogs of Summer than with our favorite Adventure Dogs?

We put a call out to all Adventure Dogs and had a great turn out with over 175 entries. The winner of the contest and a free Weekend Pass with Camping ticket was Marc Johnson with over 250 votes. That’s one popular pup!


Celebrating the Dog Days of Summer with our friend Zion in our favorite FurRunner!

Celebrating the Dog Days of Summer with our friend Zion in our favorite FurRunner!

Five randomly selected winners received a Dog Gear Pack from the Overland Expo Gear Shop. If you weren’t one of the lucky winners the Dog Gear Packs are still available at the Overland Expo Gear Shop.

Mike Bobbitt @bobbittm1 @motorelief

Mike Bobbitt @bobbittm1 @motorelief

Dog is my Co-Pilot

Todd Smith

Todd Smith

Happiness is a choice. Of course, it helps when you’re rolling around in the dirt with this view.

Blake Carson @overland_sierrahd @blakecarsonb7

Blake Carson @overland_sierrahd @blakecarsonb7

Relaxing after a hard day of chasing sticks in the mountains.

Lori Arnold @Hairartistlori

Lori Arnold @Hairartistlori

Awesome view

Sara Liberte @van_solo_

Sara Liberte @van_solo_

Always Ride Ready


Mike Bobbitt @bobbittm1 @motorelief

Todd Smith

Blake Carson @overland_sierrahd @blakecarsonb7

Lori Arnold @Hairartistlori

Sara Liberte @van_solo_

With so many great entries we couldn’t help ourselves, so here are some of our favorites!

Alex Miller

Alex Miller

Allison Jaynes

Allison Jaynes

Angie Martinez @angharrigan

Angie Martinez @angharrigan

BJ Herman

BJ Herman

Brendan Keen @keenfab

Brendan Keen @keenfab

Cait Schutt @caitschutt @distractedconstantly

Cait Schutt @caitschutt @distractedconstantly

Candi Skehan @diaryofadoberman @chicksdoit2

Candi Skehan @diaryofadoberman @chicksdoit2

Daniel Mayfield @coolranchblanche

Daniel Mayfield @coolranchblanche

Elizabeth Brennan @beth.brennan

Elizabeth Brennan @beth.brennan

Hank Clark @98bmwr1100gs

Hank Clark @98bmwr1100gs

Jocelyn Hamilton @chuparella

Jocelyn Hamilton @chuparella

Jose Carrillo

Jose Carrillo

Lynn O'Neill

Lynn O’Neill

Mary Williams

Mary Williams

Patrick Dunlop @mr_pattycakes

Patrick Dunlop @mr_pattycakes

Rebecca Long @barefootself

Rebecca Long @barefootself

Rene Strinholm

Rene Strinholm

Ricardo Cuellar

Ricardo Cuellar

Rob Schmidt @lake_taco22

Rob Schmidt @lake_taco22

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TeriAnn Wakeman

TeriAnn Wakeman

Ryan Mcintosh

Ryan Mcintosh


View the entire gallery on the Dog Days of Summer page and remember to tag all of your overlanding photos on social media with #overlandexpo and #myoverlandexpo.

And for all you cool cats and kittens…

Bobble Arnold @bobble_cat

Jim Brightly

Rasa Fuller @historyinthewild

Tuxie McAllister @bobble_cat

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