{"id":18,"date":"2015-02-22T18:16:25","date_gmt":"2015-02-23T01:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2025-05-12T17:33:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T23:33:23","slug":"about-the-mostly-true-adventures-of-lupe","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/?page_id=18","title":{"rendered":"About &#038; Adventure Indexes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi!\u00a0 I am Lupe,\u00a0an American Dingo (Carolina Dog), enthusiastic explorer and adventurer.<\/p>\n<p>I have the good fortune to live near a 1.2+ million acre dog park in South Dakota known as the Black Hills National Forest.\u00a0 Accompanied by my Slow Plodding Human Porter (SPHP), who carries water and all supplies, I often go on day long expeditions into the mountains.\u00a0 Admittedly, the use of a SPHP does slow things down a lot, but frees me up to sniff, bark, explore, and enjoy the trip as I please.<\/p>\n<p>This blog is about my life and adventures as told (and embellished) by SPHP.\u00a0 You will find trip reports on my Black Hills expeditions to remote parts of the national forest, stories about my antics, plus semi-reliable tales, and thousands of photos from the Dingo Vacations I go on with SPHP to the world beyond the Black Hills.<\/p>\n<p>If you like dogs and adventure, are curious about what&#8217;s over the next ridge, or simply enjoy the solitude, freedom, and grandeur of the natural world, I invite you to come along.\u00a0 The (Mostly) True Adventures of Lupe will take you to some spectacular, famous places, but mostly to remote locations seldom seen by others.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m excited you are here! Are you ready to go adventuring? Let&#8217;s get started! I can hardly wait!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Start your adventures with Lupe by choosing among the following options:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/?page_id=64359\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Lupe&#8217;s Master Peak Map<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"CENTER\">The Master Peak Map shows all of the mountains Lupe has climbed, and is the fastest and easiest way to navigate to posts on her adventures in any given geographical region.<\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><a href=\"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #ff0000;\"><strong>The (Mostly) True Adventures of Lupe Home Page<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"CENTER\">The home page displays Lupe&#8217;s most recently published adventure.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 16pt;\"><strong>Lupe&#8217;s Adventure Indexes<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"CENTER\">All of the Carolina Dog&#8217;s adventures can be found using her adventure indexes.\u00a0 Each index contains her posts within a relevant category in chronological order.\u00a0 Follow Lupe through the years during a lifetime of adventures in the Black Hills.\u00a0 Explore the world with her on any of her Dingo Vacations, just as they happened.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/?page_id=3964\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Black Hills of South Dakota &amp; Wyoming<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: center;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/?page_id=138\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Dingo Vacations<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; 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